The woman ahead of me in a long line at the department of motor vehicles was reading a paperback romance novel. I inched along behind her and when her turn finally came, she stepped aside, saying You go on ahead. I can't stop now. He's just carried her into his castle!

Notes:

　　(1) paperback n.平装书

　　(3) inch v.慢性移动；渐进

　　(2) romance n.爱情故事

　　(4) castle n.城堡

Exercises:

根据短文回答下列问题：

　　① Where were the two persons in the passage?

　　② What was the woman doing?

　　③ How was the line moving?

　　④ What did the woman do when her turn finally came?

　　⑤ Why did the woman do so?

36.我无法停下

　　人们在汽车商场里排着长队。排在我前面的是一位妇女，她在读一部平装本的小说。我在她的身后一点点向前挪动。终于轮到她了，她却让开了，说：“你先来。我现在无法停下来，他把她带进城堡啦！”

练习参考答案：

    ① At a department of motor vehicles.

　　② She was reading a romance novel.

　　③ Very slowly.

　　④ She stepped aside.

　　⑤ Because she couldn't stop reading the novel.