A shopkeeper once found that a bag money           56．＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

had been stolen from his shop． He went to the     57．＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

judge（法官） and tell him about his loss（损失）．58．＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

The judge ordered all people of the shop           59．＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

to come before him． He took a number of the       60．＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

sticks of equal length（长度） or gave one stick   61．＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

to each person． Then he said， “Come after me    62．＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

again tomorrow． I’ll then know which of you are  63．＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

the thief because the stick given to a thief       64．＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

will be one inch longer than the other．”         65．＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

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 Miss Evans taught physics in school in London．Last month       56．＿＿＿＿＿

she was explaining to one of her class about sound ，and         57．＿＿＿＿＿

she decide to test them to see how successful she had            58．＿＿＿＿＿

been in her work． She said to them， “Now I has a sister        59．＿＿＿＿＿

in Washington． If I was calling her by the phone， and          60．＿＿＿＿＿

you were on the other side of the street． Who would             61．＿＿＿＿＿

hear me first， my sister and you？ And why？”                   62．＿＿＿＿＿

A clever boy at once answered， “You sister， Miss               63．＿＿＿＿＿

Evans， because the electricity travels much faster than sound   64．＿＿＿＿＿

waves．” “Very well，” Miss Evans praised．                    65．＿＿＿___

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It is interested to visit another country， but sometimes           56． ＿＿＿

there are some questions when we don’t know the language very      57． ＿＿＿

well． It may be difficult to talk about the people there．We may   58． ＿＿＿

not know how to use the telephone in the country which are          59． ＿＿＿

visiting． We may not know what to buy the things we need．         60． ＿＿＿