When you are ill, you should go to see a doctor. After the doctor looks you over, he will write you a note to take to the chemist for some medicine. Chemists are usually good at reading doctors’ notes. But sometimes doctors write too badly and even the chemist can not read them.
One day a woman wrote to a doctor to invite him to have dinner with her family in the restaurant. The doctor wrote an answer, but he wrote too badly and the woman could not read it. “What shall I do?” she asked her husband, “I don’t know whether he is going to come or not. I don’t want to call and say that I don’t understand him.”
Her husband thought for a few minutes and then he had an idea. “Take it to the chemist,” he said, “He will be able to read it for us.”
“Thank you,” the woman said, “That’s a good idea.” She went to the chemist’s shop and gave the doctor’s note to him. The chemist looked at it for a long time.
“Could you wait a moment, Miss?” he said. Then he went to the back of the shop. After a few minutes he came back, carrying a large bottle. He gave the bottle to the woman.
“Take one spoonful(一匙) every day.” He told the woman.
56. What did the doctor do when he was invited to have dinner in the restaurant?
A. He said hecould come on time B. he wrote the woman an answer
C. he was very glad to come D. He wrote a note to the chemist
57. Why couldn’t the woman understand the “note”?
A. Because the doctor wrote badly.
B. Because the woman didn’t know much about medicine.
C. Because the doctor didn’t like to go
D. Because the woman never went to school.
58. The husband wanted his wife to _______.
A. call the doctor or have dinner with them.
B. go to the chemist and get some medicine.
C. take the reply to the chemist for help
D. read it again
59. In the story, the word “chemist” means “______’’ in Chinese.
A. 护士 B. 化验师 C. 药剂师 D.药房
60. Which of the following is true? _______
A. Chemists are not good at reading doctors’ notes.
B. The woman knows the doctor is going to come.
C. The woman wrote to the doctor because she was ill.
D. The chemist didn’t understand the doctor’s note.