首页
登录
职称英语
You might think that borrowing a match upon the street is a simple thing. But
You might think that borrowing a match upon the street is a simple thing. But
游客
2023-11-20
51
管理
问题
You might think that borrowing a match upon the street is a simple thing. But any man who has ever tried it will assure you that it is not, and will be prepared to swear on oath to the truth of my experience of the other evening.
I was standing on the Corner of the street with a cigar that I wanted to light. I had no match. I waited till a decent, ordinary man came along. Then I said:
"Excuse me, sir, but could you oblige me with the loan of a match?"
"A match?" he said, "why, certainly." Then he unbuttoned his overcoat and put his hand in the pocket of his waistcoat, "I know I have one," he went on, "and I’d almost swear it’s in the bottom pocket--or, hold on, though, I guess it may be in the top--just wait till I put these parcels down on the sidewalk."
"Oh, don’t trouble," I said. "It’s really of no consequence, ’
"Oh, it’s no trouble, I’ll have it in a minute; I know there must be one in here somewhere "--he was digging his fingers into his pockets as he spoke--" but you see this isn’t the waistcoat that I generally..."
I saw that the man was getting excited about it. "Well, never mind," I protested; "if that isn’t the waistcoat that you generally-- why, it doesn’t matter."
"Hold on, now, hold on!" the man said. "I’ve got one of the cursed things in here somewhere. I guess it must be in with my watch. No, it’s not there either. Wait till I try my coat. If that damned tailor only knew enough to make a pocket so that a man could get at it!"
He was getting pretty well worked up now. He had thrown down his walking-stick and was searching his pockets with his teeth set. "It’s that cursed young boy of mine," he exasperated; "this comes of his fooling in my pockets. By God! perhaps I won’t warm him up when I get home. Say, I’ll bet that it’s in my hippocket. You just hold up the tail of my overcoat a second till I..."
"No, no," I protested again , "please don’t take all this trouble, it really doesn’t matter. I’m sure you needn’t take off your overcoat, and oh, pray don’t throw away your letters and things in the snow like that, and tear out your pockets by the roots! Please, please don’t trample over your overcoat and put your feet through the parcels. I do hate to hear you swearing at your little boy, with that peculiar grumble in your voice. Don’t--please don’t tear your clothes so savagely."
Suddenly the man gave a grunt of joy, and drew his hand up from inside the lining of his coat.
"I’ve got it," he cried. "Here you are!" Then he brought it out under the light.
It was a toothpick.
Yielding to the impulse of the moment I pushed him under the wheels of a trolley-car and ran. [br] The story is mainly about______.
选项
A、the author’s experience of borrowing a match upon the street
B、the clash between the author and the decent man
C、the decent man’s complaint against his boy
D、the decent man’s futile searching through his pockets
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3204254.html
相关试题推荐
Howmanycarsaretowedfromthestreetseachyear?[br][originaltext]One
Sometimes,changingourwayofthinking,______.A、theproblemsbecomesimplera
Unlikemostsports,whichevolvedovertimefromstreetgames,basketballw
Unlikemostsports,whichevolvedovertimefromstreetgames,basketballw
Unlikemostsports,whichevolvedovertimefromstreetgames,basketballw
Unlikemostsports,whichevolvedovertimefromstreetgames,basketballw
Unlikemostsports,whichevolvedovertimefromstreetgames,basketballw
Unlikemostsports,whichevolvedovertimefromstreetgames,basketballw
Unlikemostsports,whichevolvedovertimefromstreetgames,basketballw
Unlikemostsports,whichevolvedovertimefromstreetgames,basketballw
随机试题
WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaboutthewoman?[br][originalte
A.v0 B. C. D.
Theair-conditionersaretestedfordefe
从所给四个选项中,选择最合适的一个填入问号处,使之呈现一定的规律性:
等待经济:指商家利用人们购物、就医、出行时的空余时间,提供选择自由、使用方便的付
下列各项中不属于固定资产投资范围的是( )。A.机器设备的更新投资 B.房屋
(2015年11月)行为观察法要求考评者根据被考评者某一工作行为发生频率或次数多
哪种抗甲状腺药物可抑制T4在周围组织中转化为T3A.甲基硫氧嘧啶 B.丙基硫氧
最为常用的个人住房贷款还款方式是( )。A.一次还本付息法 B.等额本息还款
路基改建加宽施工时,在路槽纵向开挖的台阶上铺设跨施工缝的土工格栅,其主要作用是(
最新回复
(
0
)