A bar manager was so sure that he himself was the strongest man. Thus he made a bet and declared he would offer $1000 if    1   could beat him.

     The    2   was that the landlord would squeeze（壓榨）a lemon until all the    3   ran out into a beer glass, then hand the lemon to the customer. Anyone who could squeeze even one more   __ 4   out of the lemon would win the money.

     Over the years many people had tried this, truck drivers, weightlifters, karate masters, and    __ 5   had failed. Then one day a geeky little fellow with heavy black rimmed glasses    6   the bar and asked if he could try the challenge.

     After the laughter had quieted down the landlord said that it was only fair that the man should be given a    7   at the bet, so he picked up a lemon and started squeezing. Once he had done, he handed the    8   to the little man. Immediately, the little man promptly squeezed out 4 more drops of juice onto the bar!

     Everyone looked at the little man in    9   as the landlord handed over the prize and asked

"What do you do for a living that has given you such   10  ? Are you a lumberjack, weightlifter?"

"No." the man replied, "I work for the IRS.( 美國國稅局)"

A. anyone        B. someone        C. every one       D. no one

A. fact           B. trap            C. challenge       D. match

A. flesh           B. juice           C. seeds         D. peel

A. water       B. lemon           C. beer glass     D. drop

A. none          B. neither          C. either           D. all

A. rushed into     B. came into     C. put into       D. looked into

A. then        B. likely         C. fair            D. chance

A. container    B. money        C. remains        D. other

A. tears           B. amazement      C. trouble         D. time

A. strength    B. bravery         C. skill           D. bet

     A bar manager was so sure that he himself was the strongest man. Thus he made a bet and declared he would offer $1000 if   21   could beat him.

     The   22   was that the landlord would squeeze（壓榨）a lemon until all the   23   ran out into a beer glass, then hand the lemon to the customer. Anyone who could squeeze even one more  24   out of the lemon would win the money.

     Over the years many people had tried this, truck drivers, weightlifters, karate masters, and    25   had failed. Then one day a geeky little fellow with heavy black rimmed glasses   26   the bar and asked if he could try the challenge.

     After the laughter had quieted down the landlord said that it was only fair that the man should be given a   27   at the bet, so he picked up a lemon and started squeezing. Once he had done, he handed the   28   to the little man. Immediately, the little man promptly squeezed out 4 more drops of juice onto the bar!

     Everyone looked at the little man in   29   as the landlord handed over the prize and asked"What do you do for a living that has given you such   30  ? Are you a lumberjack, weightlifter?"

    "No." the man replied, "I work for the IRS.( 美國國稅局)"