Mr.and Mrs Smith’s house was full of suitcases,packages and packed-up boxes.The two of them were 21 with pencils and paper,checking their luggage,when there was a 22 at the door.Mr.Smith went to 23 it and saw a well-dressed middle-aged lady outside.The lady said that she lived in the house beside theirs,and that she had come to 24 them to their new home.
The Smiths invited her in after apologizing for the state of the house.
“Oh,25 ,” she answered.“Do you know in some parts of this 26 neighbours are not all 27 There are some streets where people do not 28 their neighbours,29 their next-door ones.But in this street everybody is friends with 30 else.We are one big,happy family.I’m 31 that you will be 32 here.”
The well-dressed lady got a 33 when she came to visit the house the 34 time,because she found a quite 35 man and woman in it.Mr.and Mrs Smith had not had the courage to tell her that they were not the new owners of the house,who were to move in the next day,but the old ones,who have lived beside her for two years without ever having visited her or even noticing her existence (存在).
1,Why did the lady come to the Smith's house?
2,Why did Mr and Mrs Smith apolagy to the lady?
3,What did the lady complain about?
4,How long did they live in that street?
5,Were the Smiths moving into or out of that street?
6,Why did Smiths move out?