Mr. Richards worked in a shop which sold, cleaned and repaired hearing－aids（助听器).

Mr. Richards worked in a shop which sold, cleaned and repaired hearing-aids(助听器). One day an old gentleman entered and put one down in front of him without saying a word.

"What's the matter with it？" Mr. Richards said. The man did not answer. Of course Mr. Richards thought that the man must be deaf and that his hearing-aid must be faulty, so he said again, more loudly, 'What's wrong with your hearing-aid, sir？' again the man said nothing, so Mr. Richards shouted his question again as loudly as he could.

The man then took a pen and a piece of paper and wrote: "It isn't necessary to shout when you're speaking to me. My ears are as good as yours. This hearing-aid is my wife's, not mine. I've just had a throat operation, and my problem is not that I can't hear, but that I can't speak."

1)、An old gentleman bring a hearing-aid to Mr. Richards one day.

A.T

B.F

2)、Mr. Richards thought the old man was a deaf.

A.T

B.F

3)、The old man shouted as loudly as he could to make Mr. Richards understand what he wanted.

A.T

B.F

4)、The old man was too angry to speak any more to Mr. Richards.

A.T

B.F

5)、The story takes place in a hospital.

A.T

B.F