专业英语四级精选阅读50篇——A Kind Neighbor_大学英语阅读

专业英语四级精选阅读50篇——A Kind Neighbor

　　Oh, why not? the photographer asked.

　　Because my husband looks like a monkey, Mrs. Williams said.

　　Well, the photographer answered, that isnt our fault. Why didnt you think of that before you married him?15 A Guides Answer

　　In 1861, the Civil War started in the United States between the Northern and the Southern states. The war continued with great bitterness until 1865, when the Northerners were victorious. However, even today, many Southerners have not forgotten their defeat, or forgiven the Northerners.

　　A few years ago, a party of American tourists were going round one of the battlefields of the Civil War with a guide who came from one of the Southern states. At each place, the guide told the tourists stirring stories about how a few Southern soldiers had conquered powerful forces of Northerners there.

　　At last, one of the tourists, a lady who came from the North, stopped the guide and said to him, But surely that the Northern army must have won at least one victory in the Civil War?

　　Not as long as Im the guide here, madam, answered the Southern guide.16 A Qualified Pilot

　　The captain of a small ship had to go along a rocky coast, but he was unfamiliar with it, so he tried to find a qualified pilot to guide him. He went ashore in one of the small ports, and a local fisherman pretended that he was a pilot because he needed some money. The captain took him on board and asked him where to steer the ship.