2018-2019学年福建省泉州市泉港区第一中学高二上学期期末考试 英语 Word版 14页

‎ 泉港第一中学2018 -2019学年第一学期高二期末测试 英 语（总分150分，考试时间120分）‎ ‎ ‎ 第一部分：听力 第一节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) ‎ 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. Whose car does Jenny have now? ‎ A. Her father’s car. B. Her mother’s car. C. Her own car.‎ ‎2. What is the man probably going to do next? ‎ A. Make dinner.‎ B. Pick up his dry cleaning.‎ C. Do his science homework.‎ ‎3. When will the man go to see the doctor? ‎ A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday.‎ ‎4. How will the man pay? ‎ A. With a credit card. B. With an ATM card. C. In cash.‎ ‎5. What does the man mean? ‎ A. He wants to go boating.‎ B. He also failed the math exam.‎ C. He should work harder at math.‎ 第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎6. What time of day will the speakers meet? ‎ A. In the morning. B. Around midday. C. In the evening.‎ ‎7. Where are the speakers going to eat? ‎ A. On 14th Street. B. On Main Street. C. On Maple Avenue.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. What was the woman doing? ‎ A. Having her car repaired. B. Picking up her car. C. Driving to work.‎ ‎9. Which car is the oldest? ‎ A. The man’s old truck.‎ B. The woman’s truck.‎ C. The man’s new car. ‎ ‎10. Why did the man get his current car? ‎ A. It uses less gas. B. It’s prettier. C. It’s faster.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. Who might the woman be? ‎ A. The man’s wife.‎ B. The man’s sister.‎ C. The man’s co-worker.‎ ‎12. What is the man probably going to do next? ‎ A. Make a phone call.‎ B. Find a taxi.‎ C. Pick up his package.‎ ‎13. Where will the man meet Elaine? ‎ A. On the boat. B. In the theater. C. At home.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。‎ ‎14. Why did the man pick up a book? ‎ A. He needed a gift.‎ B. He found it for work.‎ C. He wanted to kill time.‎ ‎15. What time is it now? ‎ A. 9:00 a.m. B. 9:30 a.m. C. 10:00 a.m.‎ ‎16. What is the woman going to do next? ‎ A. Wait for her husband.‎ B. Call the phone company.‎ C. Help the man fix the lights.‎ ‎17. Where did the man’s brother get the cat? ‎ A. Online.‎ B. Outside a house.‎ C. From a pet store.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ ‎18. What did the little old man do after he got back with the food? ‎ A. He waited for his wife.‎ B. He cut the hamburger in halves.‎ C. He began to have something to drink.‎ ‎19. Why did the young man come over to the couple? ‎ A. To buy them some food.‎ B. To give them some money.‎ C. To ask the woman a question.‎ ‎20. What did the woman mean at the end? ‎ A. The food was not delicious.‎ B. The couple shared their false teeth.‎ C. She liked to watch her husband eat.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A Choose Your One-Day Tours!‎ Tour A—Bath & Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge—£37 until 26 March and £39 thereafter.‎ Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum. Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.‎ Tour B—Oxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St. Mary’s Church Tower and Anne Hathaway’s house— £32 until 12 March and £36 thereafter.‎ Oxford: Includes a guided tour of England’s oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires(尖顶)” from St Mary’s Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided, tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.‎ Tour C—Windsor Castle & Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace—£34 until 11 March and £37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VIII’s favourite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle (entrance fees not ‎ included) .With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze (迷宫) where it is easy to get lost!‎ Tour D—Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great—£33 until 18 March and £37 thereafter.‎ Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.‎ ‎21.Which tour will you choose if you want to see England’s oldest university city?‎ A. Tour A.                   B. Tour B. C. Tour C.                    D. Tour D.‎ ‎22.Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March?‎ A. Windsor Castle & Hampton Court B. Oxford & Stratford C. Bath & Stonehenge D. Cambridge ‎23.Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?‎ A. It used to be the home of royal families. B. It used to be a well-known maze.‎ C. It is the oldest palace in Britain. D. It is a world-famous castle.‎ B Whoever thought learning new words could feel socially responsible? A Web site called FreeRice.com is an English vocabulary game. It explains its purpose like this: "For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to help end hunger."‎ The site began in October. It says thirty billion grains of rice have been donated so far. The United Nations World Food Program does not really get rice. The donations are given in the form of money. ‎ Advertisers whose names appear with links at the bottom of the game pay for the rice. Individuals can also become sponsors. ‎ Words are presented with four choices of answers. Players click on the one that best defines the word. If they answer correctly, they get a harder word. If they choose wrong, they get an easier word. Spoken pronunciations are also provided.‎ Currently, the FreeRice game has fifty-five levels of difficulty. Players rarely get past level forty-eight.‎ ‎"Does FreeRice make any money from this?" That is one of the frequently asked questions on the site. "No, it does not. FreeRice runs the site at no profit," says the answer.‎ Jennifer Parmelee is a World Food Program spokeswoman in Washington. She says cash donations help the agency to buy food locally and transport it quickly to where it is needed. She says creative projects like FreeRice are badly needed right now.‎ ‎24.What is FreeRice about?‎ A. offering visitors rice for free ‎ B. offering visitors games to play only ‎ C. offering visitors useful information ‎ D. leading visitors to donate rice by playing word games ‎25.According to the passage, who will pay for the rice?‎ A. The website B. All game players ‎ C. The advertisers D. The World Food Program ‎26.Which of the following statement is true?‎ A. The donations are given in the form of rice. ‎ B. Not all the games on the FreeRice.com are easy. ‎ C. FreeRice.com have made a lot of money from it D. The World Food Program gets a lot of rice from the website. ‎ ‎27.Which would be the best title for the passage? ‎ A. Learning for Donating B. The FreeRice game ‎ C. the Program to end hunger. D. Advertisers become sponsors C ‎ This year was a first in the history of the Siemens Competition.It was the first time females won the top prizes in both the individual and team competitions. ‎ The individual winner was Isha Jain of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She received one hundred thousand dollars toward her college education for her research into bone growth.?The Siemens judges said she is the first to discover that bone growth takes place in many different short periods of time. They said her work was equal to that of a graduate student in college.? ‎ The top team winners were Janelle Schlossberger and Amanda Marinoff of Plainview, New York. They are sharing one hundred thousand dollars for their college educations.?They did research on the disease tuberculosis. They created a molecule that helps block drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria from reproducing. The contest judges said the students created new compounds to kill tuberculosis by targeting a protein that could lead to a new treatment for drug-resistant TB.‎ The Siemens Foundation joined with the College Board and six universities to start the competition.?The Siemens Foundation president says the number of girls entering the contest has increased each year.?This year, more than one thousand six hundred students took part. Forty-eight percent were female.? ‎ Experts from the universities judge competitions in six areas of the country.?The individual and team winners from those contests then compete nationally.?They demonstrate their projects to a group of university professors and scientists.?This year, the judges were led by Joseph Taylor, a winner of the Nobel Prize in physics.? ‎ As part of their prize, the winning students will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange in February. ‎ ‎28.Accordingly, which statement is TRUE about the Siemens Competition this year? _______‎ A. Forty-eight female students took part. ‎ B. The judges were all winners of the Nobel Prize ‎ C. The prize is just to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange in February. ‎ D. The national participants of The Siemens should be winners of the contests in their own area.‎ ‎29.We can know from the passage that_________.‎ A.The three top winners came from the same state. ‎ B.The researches by the top winners were both about medicine. ‎ C.The team winners got more money than the individual winner ‎ D. Isha Jain has created new compounds to kill tuberculosis.‎ ‎30. The purpose of the passage is_________.‎ A.to show readers how to win the top prize in the Siemens Competition B. to tell readers females are more clever than males ‎ C. to inform readers of the Siemens Competition this year D .to give an introduction on how the Siemens Competition was carried out 第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)‎ 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ The World Health Organization says Air pollution kills an estimated seven million people around the world each year. Even if polluted air does not kill us, it can make us very sick.‎ However, breathing dirty air may do more than hurt your body. 31 A new study shows that air pollution can cause a "huge" reduction in our intelligence. The researchers reported that long-term exposure to air pollution can affect a person's mental abilities in two areas: language and mathematics.‎ ‎32 Between 2010 and 2014, these Chinese men, women and children were given language and math tests. Then researchers compared the test results with measurements of pollution in the air, namely nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide.‎ Xi Chen of the Yale School of Public Health led the study.33 .Chen said that the effect generally is worse for those over 64 years of age, for men and for those with little or no education.‎ ‎"The older persons -- they are more affected. And we find, quite interestingly, males are more affected than females. 34 ." He noted that the youngest people in the study were ‎ 10 years old, while the oldest was 35. . In his words, this range of ages and locations across the country provided a "good representative sample."‎ The researchers noted that the effect of pollution on verbal ability is even more serious as people age, especially among men and the less educated.‎ A.But the findings may be important to people all over the world, especially those living in highly polluted areas.‎ B.The researchers studied about 25,000 people from across China C.They came from 25 of China's 33 provinces D.And people working outdoors are more affected than people working indoors E.He and his team found that breathing polluted air can reduce a person's education level by about one year F.The study was carried out in a single country.‎ G.It can also affect your brain and your ability to think.‎ 第三部分　语言知识运用(共三节，满分55分)‎ 第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ In 1955, Martin Luther King became the leader of a protest against the city bus system. It was the first time that black southerners had 36 against the laws of racial separation. At first, the white citizens of Montgomery did not believe that the protest would 37 . They thought 38 would be afraid to fight against racial separation. 39 the buses remained empty.‎ Some whites used 40 to try to end the protest, 41 false stories about Dr King. One story 42 Martin of stealing money from the civil rights movements. Coretta described 43 she and her husband felt during the protest. She said, “We never knew what was going to happen next. We felt like actors in a play whose 44 we did not know. Yet we believed we were instruments of the will of God.”‎ The boycott 45 382 days. The blacks saw that peaceful protest, Mahatma Gandhi’s 46 of non-violence , could be used 47 a tool to win their legal rights. Life did not return to 48 for Dr King after the protest was over. He still helped 49 many protests in the U.S. Blacks demanded 50 in areas where only whites were permitted to eat. Many of them turned 51 with black activists arrested and even killed.‎ In 1963, the whites still refused to 52 the blacks’ demands. The 53 became tense. Even Dr King was arrested. At last, the blacks won an important victory. In 1964, King received the Nobel Prize, but he didn’t 54 to see the final results of his life’s work. He was 55 to death in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968.‎ ‎36. A. went B. played C. stood D. united ‎37 . A. work B. fail C. win D. go ‎38. A. most blacks B. many whites C. most citizens D. many of them ‎39. A. So B. But C. And D. However ‎40. A. tricks B. truth C. news D. facts ‎41. A. saying B. speaking C. spreading D. talking ‎42. A. told B. heard C. accused D. spoke ‎43. A. what B. when C. where D. how ‎44. A. actors B. ending C. beginning D.actresses ‎ ‎45. A. stopped B. finished C. ended D. lasted ‎46. A. thought B.act C.idea D.feeling ‎47. A for B. as C. with D. to ‎48. A. normal B. before C. formal D. usual ‎49. A. stop B. organize C. defeat D. destroy ‎50. A.to get B. to offer C. to fit D. to be served ‎51. A. violent B. peaceful C. important D. necessary ‎52. A. get B. achieve C.protest D. meet ‎ ‎53. A. demands B. background C. situation D. requirements ‎54. A. live B. like C.want D. need ‎ ‎55. A. forced B. shot C.heard D. sentenced ‎ 第二节根据括号里的中文提示，写出正确形式的词汇把句子补充完整。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎56.Mr. King came up with a question and suggested an_____________ to solving it.(方法)‎ ‎57.As her private secretary， I have____________to all her letters.（有机会接触）‎ ‎58.Pliny described a cloud coming down the mountain and ________everything in its path.(埋葬)‎ ‎59.Li Chun，a Sui Dynasty engineer, was __________because he built excellent bridges.(可敬的)‎ ‎60.Mr. Bean amused his audiences __________ of their nationality or culture.(不管)‎ ‎61.In his childhood, Mr. Bean _____________ for his speaking problems by talking very deliberately.(弥补)‎ ‎62.Physical beauty must also be ______________ by something deeper within a person.(陪伴) ‎ ‎63.This particular kind of attraction is found in a wide ___________ of personal qualities.(范围)‎ ‎64.It is inner beauty that ___________ us to truly see.(需要)‎ ‎65.Head bent， I am ____________ in homesickness.(沉溺于)‎ 第三节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） ‎ 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。　‎ Dear James, ‎ ‎ I have received your e-mail 66 (tell) me that you are not interested in taking exercise and that you are addicted 67 eating junk food. Now you are worried about gaining 68 (weigh). If you want to be healthy, what you should first do is find out 69 you become fat. ‎ From your e-mail, it seems that there are two things to help you: a proper amount of exercise and a 70 (balance) diet. I have two suggestions. First, set aside time to exercise 71 (regular). Only in this way 72 you keep slim. Second, eat more healthy food and stay away from junk food. There are stores that specialized in healthy food, ‎ ‎73 is a little more expensive but can make 74 big difference. ‎ I hope my suggestions are75 (help). Looking forward to your reply. ‎ Yours, ‎ Li Hua ‎ 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10分，每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线（ ）划掉。‎ 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ In the afternoon of May 25th an charity sale was held by the Student Union on our school playground. Although it was hard work, but students actively took part.‎ In order to organize it successful, we made full preparations. After the sale, we collected various use books from the students, and second-hand goods which still in good condition and classified them. When the day came, students and teachers all came and took an active part in it. At the end of the activity, we raise 5000 yuan in total.‎ All the money we raised will go to the students from poor family in our school to help finish our studies. It’s so a meaningful activity that students are all looking forward to the next charity sale.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你班的交换生Jim对中华传统文化感兴趣，准备下学期选修一门课，向你征询建议。请给Jim写一封邮件，内容包括：‎ ‎1. 推荐一门选修课；‎ ‎2. 说明推荐的理由；‎ ‎3. 提出学习这门课程的建议。‎ 注意：1. 词数不少于100；‎ ‎2. 邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。‎ Dear Jim,‎ ‎_______________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ‎ ‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 泉港第一中学2018 -2019学年第一学期高二期末测试 参考答案：‎ 第一部分：听力1—5 AABCB 6—10 CBCCA 11—15 CACAB 16—20 CBBAB 第二部分 阅读理解21-23 B D A 24-27DCBA 28-30 DBC 31--35 GBEDC 第三部分　语言知识运用 第一节 完形填空 36-40 DAABA 41-45 CCDBD 46-50 CBABD 51-55 ADCAB ‎ 第二节：56.approach 57.access 58.burying 59.admirable 60.regardless ‎ ‎61.compensated 62.Accompanied 63.range 64.requires 65.drowned 第三节66.telling 67.to 68.weight 69.why 70.balanced ‎ ‎71.regularly 72.can 73.which 74.a 75.helpful 第四部分：写作 第一节 短文改错 In the afternoon of May 25th an charity sale was held by the Student Union ‎‎ On on our school playground. Although it was hard work, but students actively took part.‎ In order to organize it successful, we made full preparations. After the sale, we ‎ ‎ successfully Before collected various use books from the students, and second-hand goods which ∧still ‎ ‎ used were in good condition and classified them. When the day came, students and teachers all came and took an active part in it. At the end of the activity, we raise 5000 yuan in ‎ ‎ raised total.‎ All the money we raised will go to the students from poor family in our school to ‎ ‎ families help finish our studies. It’s so a meaningful activity that students are all looking ‎ ‎ their such forward to the next charity sale.‎ 第二节书面表达、‎ One possible version:‎ Dear Jim,‎ I am glad that you are interested in Chinese culture and eager to explore more. ‎ I think the Poetry of the Song Dynasty is your best choice. By learning it, you can have an extensive knowledge of history and culture in ancient China. Also, you can feel the charm of the ‎ language by reading poetry, which helps to improve your Chinese. What matters most is that you can cultivate your personality and enforce your memory as well.To follow the course well, you’d better read and recite as much Poetry of the Song Dynasty as possible. Besides, it is a good idea to search for related background knowledge so that you will fully understand the conception of poetry. ‎ What you do think of the course? I am sure you will have a lot of fun from it.‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 高二英语听力原文 Text 1‎ M: Wow, Jenny. I heard you got a new car, but I didn’t know it would be this nice.‎ W: Ha-ha, no! I haven’t picked mine up yet. My mother drove my dad to work, so I have his car for today. (1)‎ Text 2 ‎ M: I’m sorry I’m late. I had to stop at the cleaner’s to pick up my dry cleaning.‎ W: That’s OK. I had to stay late at school. I hope you don’t mind cooking dinner. (2) I don’t have time to, because our science teacher gave us a lot of homework.‎ Text 3 ‎ M: Hello! I’d like to make an appointment to see Dr. White this Thursday morning.‎ W: Well, let me see…I’m afraid he is fully booked on Tuesday and Thursday. Will Wednesday afternoon be OK for you?‎ M: That’s fine. I’ll be there then. (3)‎ Text 4 ‎ M: Can I pay with a credit card or an ATM card?‎ W: I’m afraid you can’t. Our machine isn’t working today.‎ M: It’s OK. I have some money with me. Here’s a twenty… (4)‎ Text 5 ‎ W: Oh, Simon, I didn’t pass the math exam. I worked really hard to prepare for it.‎ M: I’m sorry to hear that. Actually, we are in the same boat. (5)‎ Text 6 ‎ M: Hi, Linda. Would you like to do lunch tomorrow? ‎ W: Tomorrow? I have sales meetings all day. I have to go all over the city.‎ ‎① do lunch: 共进午餐 ‎② do dinner: 共进晚餐 M: But you can’t just skip lunch! I could meet you someplace.‎ W: Actually, I think I might. I could do dinner at the Chinese restaurant on 14th Street. (6)‎ M: But I heard they were closed for a Chinese holiday. How about the American restaurant on Main Street? They have really good beef. (7)‎ W: Hmm. I was thinking about the Mexican Café on Maple Avenue, but your idea sounds ‎ better. (7)‎ Text 7 ‎ M: Thanks for coming to pick me up, Betsy. (8)‎ W: No problem. It’s on the way to work, anyway. (8) Is that your new car? Is there a problem with it?‎ M: Yes, I’m just having them take a look at it to make sure everything is all right. I just bought it recently, but 2009 doesn’t exactly make it a new car. (9)‎ W: Didn’t you have a 2011 truck before that was just like mine? (9)‎ M: Mine was a year younger, (9) and it was in great shape. It used up a lot of gas, though. I really liked it a lot, but this one will save me a lot of money.‎ W: Driving to school every day does use a lot of gas.‎ M: Exactly. This thing isn’t pretty, but it uses almost no gas. (10)‎ Text 8 ‎ W: Hey, George! Wait up!‎ M: Oh, hi Flora. What’s up? I was just heading out to a show on Mystic Island.‎ W: Well, I’m glad I caught you before you left the office. (11) I just heard on the radio that all the boats to Mystic Island are canceled because of the storm.‎ M: Oh, really? I didn’t think it was that bad out. I’ll have to call my sister and Elaine now and let them know I’m not going to make it to the theater. (12)‎ W: If you’d like, I can call a taxi for you.‎ M: Thank you, but I’m just going to head home. The subway will be easier. I’ll get home to Elaine a little quicker, I think. (13)‎ W: Are you going to take this package with you, or should I keep it here over the weekend? ‎ M: I don’t want to carry anything in the rain. Just leave it here and I’ll get it when I get back to the office.‎ W: All right. See you on Monday!‎ Text 9 ‎ W: Hi, Peter. You’re late today.‎ M: Yeah. I had to pick up a book for my mother on the way to work. It’s her birthday. (14) Have you called the phone company yet?‎ W: No, not yet. I’m waiting for their office to open.‎ M: Don’t they open at nine? It’s half past. (15) They should be open already.‎ W: You would think so, but I looked online and it said you have to call them after ten.‎ M: Well, then give me a hand with the lights in the back room. (16)‎ talk one’s ear off: 喋喋不休，絮叨个不停 All I wanted was a chance to read my book, but my roommate talked my ear off.‎ 我巴不得能有机会看书，但我的室友却唠唠叨叨地说个不停。‎ W: All right. (16) But I thought you were going to fix them last night.‎ M: I was, but my mother called and she talked my ear off! ‎ W: Ha-ha! She is a lovely woman, but she does enjoy talking.‎ M: Yes, she does. My brother gave her a new cat, and she had to tell me all about how cute it is.‎ W: Why did he give her a cat? (17) I thought she didn’t like pets.‎ M: He found it outside her house and told her that it was her birthday gift! (17)‎ W: That sounds like something my husband would do.‎ Text 10 ‎ A little old couple walked slowly into McDonald’s on a cold winter evening. They sat at a table near the back wall, and then the little old man went to buy food. After a short while, he returned with the food. There was one hamburger and one drink. The little old man carefully cut the hamburger in halves. (18) Then he put one half of the hamburger in front of his wife. He took a sip of the drink, and then his wife took a sip and put the cup down between them. As the man began to eat his hamburger, his wife sat there watching him. A young man came over to the old couple. He took out some money and wanted to buy another meal for them. (19) But they said that there was no need to buy another meal because they were used to sharing everything together. After being politely refused again and again, the young man finally asked the little old lady a question. “Madam, why aren’t you eating? You said that you shared everything. What are you waiting for?” She answered, “The teeth.” (20)‎