Question

  Mr. Brown was nearly ninety,so it was often difficult for him to remember thingwS,but he still liked travelling very much,so he and his wife went to Spain every year. One summer when they were there,they went to visit some friends. These people had two young daughters.

  One afternoon Mr. Brown was talking to one of the girls in the garden after lunch. “You and your sister were ill when my wife and I were here last year,weren’t you?” he said to her.

  “Yes,we were”’answered the girl. “We were very ill."

  The old man said nothing for a minute,because he was thinking. Then at last he said , “Oh,yes. I remember now!One of you died. Which one of you was it,you or your sister?” The girl answered,“It was me.” “Oh!Tm sorry to hear it ,” said the old man.

   Mr. Brown was very 1. ，so it was hard for him to 2. things. Every year the3. went to Spain. There they 4.some friends. One afternoon,Mr. Brown was talking to one of his friend's 5. . The old man asked the girl if (是否) she and 6.sister were terribly ill the year before. The girl answered that 7. of them were very ill. The 8. man kept silent (沉默) for a moment,then he 9. which of them had died. The young girl felt very interesting and10. him that it was her. She played a joke on the old man.

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l.old   2. remember   3. Browns   4. visited   5. daughters   6. her   7. both   8. old   9. asked   10. told