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For many years Henry had been a journalist. He had worked on many international newspapers and
magazines and traveled all over the world.
Henry had witnessed wars and natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and erupting volcanos
(火山爆发).
He had reported on serious accidents such as major fires and airline crashes.
He had seen every kind of terrible crime and strange there was.
He had met and written about some of the most unusual people in the world.
In fact, there wasn't much that Henry had not seen or done.
Now he was retired from journalism (新闻业). He owned a very expensive restaurant and spent
his days talking to his wealthy and important customers. He liked to say that nothing surprised him.
One day he was sitting at the bar in his restaurant when a big gorilla walked in and asked for a table.
Henry showed no surprise. He took the gorilla to a table and handed him a menu. He treated him
politely and pretended there was nothing at all strange about having a gorilla in his restaurant.
The gorilla looked through the menu and ordered a salad.
Henry served the gorilla his salad personally, knowing that his waiters and waitresses would be too
frightened.
At last the gorilla finished his salad and asked for the bill.
Henry wrote out the bill and handed it to the big animal.
The gorilla studied it, shook his head sadly, then gave Henry fifty dollars.
'Thank you', Henry said, and then to make conversation he added,'We don't get many gorillas in this
restaurant.'
'At fifty dollars for a salad,' the gorilla said,'I'm not surprised.'
1. What does the underlined word 'witness' mean?
A. to see or notice something by being present when it happens
B. to be a sign of
C. to tell and prove what happened in court
D. to feel unhappy with
2. According to the story, Henry had _____.
A. had the most exciting experiences
B. told the tallest stories
C. made history
D. caused accidents
3. One day when a gorilla came into the restaurant, Henry was _____.
A. very surprised by the gorilla
B. not disturbed by the gorilla
C. very interested in the gorilla
D. scared of the gorilla
4. From the sentence 'Henry served the gorilla his salad personally, knowing that his waiters
and waitresses would be too frightened' you learn that: _____.
A. His staff were not brave people
B. Henry didn't normally serve customers
C. The gorilla had eaten there before
D. The gorilla was careful with his money
5. The gorilla was _____.
A. angry with the salad
B. still hungry after his salad
C. not surprised by the cost of the food
D. surprised by the prices