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Mr. Brown was nearly ninety, so it was often difficult for him to remember things, 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! I'm sorry to hear it.”said the old man.

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　　Mr. Brown was very  1 , so it was hard for him not to  2 things. Every year the  3 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 and 10 him that it was her. She played a joke with the old man.

参考答案：

　　1．old 　　　　他已经90岁了。

　　2．forget　　　not to forget “不忘记”是remember的意思

　　3．Browns　　　在姓氏前加定冠词，后面用复数表示“夫妻俩”或“……一家”。

　　4．visited 　　文中已有提示

　　5．daughters 　one of 后接复数名词，意为“……中的一个”。

　　6．her 　　　　她的

　　7．both　　　　她们俩

　　8．old

　　9．asked 　　　问

　　10．told 　　　告诉他