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One day June Green visited the family doctor，Edward Smith．Dr．Smith was an old man with a long beard．
"What's the problem，June？"Dr．Smith asked her．
"I'm very worried about my son，Teddy．"Mrs．Green said，"I can't stop him from gambling （赌博）．He spends all his money betting （打赌）on horse races．And not just on horse races，he'll bet on anything．It doesn't matter what it is．"
"I've cured （治愈）people of gambling before．"Dr．Smith said，"Send him to me．I'll talk to him．
A week later，Dr．Smith spoke to Mrs．Green on the phone．"I think I've cured your son．"he said．"That's wonderful．How did you do it？"
"Well，"the doctor said，"It was very strange．While we were talking he was looking at my beard．Suddenly he said，'I bet you 50 that's a false beard．""Oh，no!"Mrs．Green cried．"It's all right，"the doctor said，"I knew what to do，My beard isn't a false one，I told him，'And I can prove it．"Can I pull your beard and find out？your son asked me．""I thought，this was my chance to teach him a lesson，so I said，'Yes，you can pull my beard，""Well，he pulled it，and soon found out it was real．"The doctor laughed，"He had to pay me 50．That should cure his gambling．"
"Doctor，"Mrs．Green said，"You're wrong．You haven't cured him．You've made him even worse．"
"How can that be？"
"The day before he went to see you，he bet me 100 that you would ask him to pull your beard!"
44．What was Teddy's problemB？
A．He had a long beard．
B．He liked gambling very much．
C．He liked horse races very much．
D．He spent all his money buying horses．
45．Mrs．Greencried，"Oh，no！"becauseC，
A．she knew Dr．Smith's beard was false
B．she knew Dr．Smith's beard was real
C．she knew Teddy was gambling again
D．she was afraid Dr．Smith would be angry
46．At the end of the storyA，
A．Teddy won 50
B．Dr．Smith gave Teddy 50
C．Teddy would give up gambling
D．Teddy had to pay his mother 100
47．Which is the right order of the storyD？
a．Dr．Smith phoned Mrs，Green．
b．Teddy bet his mother Mrs．Green 100．
c．Mrs．Green visited Dr．Smith．
d．Teddy went ID see the doctor and pulled his beard．
A．a-d-c一b
B．a-b一d-c
C．c一a-d一b
D．c一b一d-a．
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