Agay(愉快)youngmanwhoearnedhislivingasadrummerinabandhasjustmarriedandheandhiswifewerelookingforsomewheretolive.Theysawalotofplacesbuttherewasalwayssomethingthatoneofthemdidnotlikeaboutthem.Atlasthowevertheyfoundablock(街区)ofnewflats(单元房)whichbothofthemreallyliked.Howevertherewasstilltheproblemofwhethertheyshouldtakeoneoftheground-floorflatswhichhadasmallgardenoroneoftheupstairsones.
Atlasttheydecidedonafirst-floorflat－nottoolowdownandnottoohighup－andmovedin.Aftertheyhadboughtfurniturecarpetscurtainsandalltheresttheygaveabigpartytocelebratethesettingupoftheirfirsthometogether.
Itwasagayandnoisypartyasallthehost'sfriendsfromthebandcameandplayedtheirinstruments.Theguestsdancedsangandpractisedontheirhost'sdrums.
Soonafteronea.m.thetelephonerang.Thehostesswenttoansweritinthehallandaftershehadfinishedcamebackwithahappysmileonherfaceandsaidtoherhusband“Thatwasthemanwhohasjustmovedintotheflatdownstairstelephoningdear.Iamsogladwedecidednottochooseit.Hesaysitisterriblynoisydownthere.”
1．Howdidtheyoungmaninthisstoryearnhisliving?
2．Whatwereheandhiswifelookingfor?
3．Whatwerealotofplaceslike?
4．Whatwastheproblemabouttheblockofnewflatswhichbothofthemreallyliked?
5．Whatdidtheydecideonatlast?
6．Whatdidtheybuy?
7．Whatdidtheygiveapartyfor?
8．Whywasthepartyagayandnoisyone?
9．Whendidthetelephonering?
10．Whatdidthehostesssaytoherhusband?
