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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 on horse races. And not just on horse races，he’ll bet on anything. It doesn’t matter what it is.”

“I’ve cured 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!”

1.How much money did Teddy win in the end?

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2.What was Teddy’s problem?

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3.Did the doctor cure Teddy? Why or why not?

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Answer

1.Fifty dollars.

2.He liked gambling.

3.No, he didn’t. Because Teddy didn’t stop gambling.

【解析】

泰迪的妈妈找医生帮助泰迪戒掉赌瘾，医生很有信心，认为自己已经解决了泰迪的问题，可事实上，泰迪并没有停止赌博。

1.

根据文中“Well, he pulled it, and soon found out it was real.”、“He had to pay me $50. That should cure his gambling.”、“The day before he went to see you, he bet me$100 that you would ask him to pull your beard!”可知，泰迪在去看医生之前跟妈妈打赌100美元，说医生会让他扯胡子，泰迪见到医生以后，跟医生打赌50美元，他认为医生的胡子是假的，后来他去扯医生的胡子，发现是真的，所以泰迪的妈妈要给泰迪100美元，泰迪要给医生50美元，100-50=50，所以最后泰迪赢了50美元。故填Fifty dollars.

2.

根据文中“I can’t stop him from gambling.”可知，泰迪的妈妈不能让泰迪停止赌博，所以泰迪的问题是：他喜欢赌博。故填He liked gambling.

3.

根据文中“You’re wrong. You haven’t cured him. You’ve made him even worse.”可知，泰迪的妈妈告诉医生，医生不仅没有解决泰迪赌博的问题，反而是更加严重了，可见他没有停止赌博，所以此处用否定回答，原因是他没有停止赌博。故填No, he didn’t. Because Teddy didn’t stop gambling.