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.