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上海市华东师范大学附属东昌中学2020-2021学年高三上学期英语12月阶段测试试卷
"Getting even" is becoming increasingly popular as life gets more stressful. Here are some of the stories.
Story A After a long-running conflict between neighbors, one of the families went on vacation for two weeks in the summer. The other neighbor took advantage of their absence to put two pints of maggots, the young form of flies, through the neighbor's letter slot on the front door. The family returned to a house full of flies. |
Story D An 80-year-old woman was in court, charged with shoplifting. The judge asked her what she had stolen. "A can of peaches," replied the woman. "How many peaches were in the can?" asked the judge. She replied that there were six. "Then I'II give you six days in jail," said the judge. Before he had time to continue, the woman's husband added. "She also stole a can of peas." |
Story B Rude customers tend to drive staff in restaurants crazy. One chef confessed that after a customer had demanded that the sauce be removed from his burger, she licked the sauce off it and then sent it back to the customer. |
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Story C A computer technician was angered when his temporary position was terminated so he deliberately brought down five of eight network servers. All the data in the servers was deleted and none was recoverable. As a result the company was forced to shut its New York office for two days and suffered losses of more than $100, 000. |
Story E A doctor was called out at 2 a.m. to visit a patient who lived on the outskirts of town. When he arrived, he discovered that it was not, in fact, an emergency, and the patient could easily have waited until the next day to visit him in his office. Imagine the patient's surprise when the doctor dropped by in the early hours of the following morning to check if he was OK! |
FISH FOR FUN! DO NOT FISH FOR FOOD! FISHERMEN! FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUR HEALTH! FISH FROM THESE WATERS SHOULD NOT BE EATEN BECAUSE OF MERCURY CONTAMINATION. Department of Land and Forests |
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