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One day, my friend Jimmy told me a story. Farmer Joe was in his cart when he was hit
by a truck．He decided his injuries from the accident were serious enough to take the
trucking company (which caused the accident)to court. In court the trucking company's
lawyer was questioning Farmer Joe. "Didn't you say, at the same scene of the accident,
'I'm fine'?" said the lawyer．
Farmer Joe responded, "Well, I will tell you what happened. I had just loaded my
favorite mule(骡子) Bessie into the ．．．" "I didn't ask for any details," the lawyer
interrupted, "Just answer the question．Did you not say, at the scene of the accident,
'I'm fine? '"
Farmer Joe said, "Well, I had just got Bessie into the cart and I was driving down
the road．．．"
The lawyer interrupted again and said, "Judge, I am trying to make clear the fact that,
at the scene of the accident, this man told the police on the scene that he was just fine．
Now several weeks after the accident he is trying to cover the fact．I believe he is telling
lies．Please tell him to simply answer the question."
By this time the Judge was fairly interested in Farmer Joe's answer and said to the lawyer,
"I'd like to hear what he has to say about his favorite mule Bessie."
Joe thanked the Judge and went on, "Well, as I was saying, I had just loaded Bessie,
my favorite mule, into the cart and was driving her down the road when this huge truck
ran into the stop sign and pushed my cart right in the side．I was thrown into one side
and Bessie was thrown into the other."
"I was hurt so badly that I didn't want to move．However, I could hear old Bessie
breathing loudly and groaning (呻吟)．I knew she was in great pain．Shortly after the
accident a traffic policeman came to the scene．He could hear Bessie groaning so he
went over to her．After he looked at her, he took out his gun and shot her between
the eyes．Then the patrolman came across the road with his gun and looked at me．
He said, "Your mule was in such pain that I had to shoot her. How are you feeling?"
1．Farmer Joe and his mule were_______．
A. taking a rest by the road when the truck ran over and hit them
B. just on their way when the truck hit a sign on the roadside and then hit them
C. going to stop by the road when they were hit by the truck
D. going so fast that they ran into a truck
2．The trucking company's lawyer insisted Farmer Joe answer his question______．
A. because he knew Farmer Joe was not hurt in the accident at all
B. so as to prove that Farmer Joe was a man who could not tell right from wrong
C. because he believed Farmer Joe could not remember what he had said at the scene
D. because he believed the answer should be in his favor
3．Farmer Joe______．
A. did say "I'm fine." at the scene of the accident
B. couldn't have said "I'm fine." at the scene of the accident
C. could not remember whether he had said "I'm fine." at the scene of the accident
D. tried to cover the fact in the court but no one would believe him
4．_______,the Patrolman shot the mule．
A. In order to let Farmer Joe keep silent about the accident
B. As the mule's groan was too loud
C. Thinking it was the best way to stop the mule from suffering
D. To make Farmer Joe feel better