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A man walked into a restaurant and asked for a glass of water. Then the girl in the restaurant pulled out a gun and shot him dead. Why? People asked to give reasonable explanation for the strange happening. All kinds of suggestions were made.
She was able to recognize him as a dangerous prisoner who ran away from the prison; she thought he was to rob her; she misheard what he said; asking for a glass of water had a special meaning for her and so on. All these explanations showed that the gun was used on purpose (有目的) to harm the man. The idea was easily accepted.
In fact, the explanation was that the man had an attack of hiccups (严重打嗝). It so happened that the girl in the restaurant knew that a great and sudden fear could get rid of hiccups. But she didn’t know the gun happened to be loaded(上子弹) that day.
21. The man asked for a glass of water because ______.
A. he was too thirsty B. he was walked into a restaurant
C. he wanted to kill himself D. he was having an attack of hiccups
22. The girl used a gun to the man because _______.
A. she wanted to kill him B. she hated him C. what the man said had a special meaning
D. she wanted to give him a sudden and great fear
23. Which is TRUE to the passage?
A. The man just ran away from a prison. B. The man wanted to rob the girl.
C. The girl misheard what the man said. D. It is the girl’s kind help that happened to kill the man
