Characters：a judge （法官） Mike （a painter） Peer （a cook）

Setting： a courtroom （法庭）

A judge is siting behind a desk． Mike and Peter are standing in front of her．

Peter： Your honor． This man lives in a room above my restaurant． I heard him telling a friend that he was stealing from me．

Mike： Smell， your honor! I just take the smells of the food coming up from the restaurant．

Judge：（Looking at Mike） What do you do with the smells？

Mike： The smells help me imagine that I am eating a fine dinner．

Judge：（To Peter） And how much do you want for these smells， sir？

Peter： The 5 coins he always carries．

Mike： But my mother gave me the coins to save me when in need．

Judge：（To Mike） Drop the coins onto the table， one at a time． （Mike drops the coins，） Case dismissed （结案）．

Peter： What do you mean？ I didn't get paid!

Judge：You want the SMELLS paid．Mike has now paid you in SOUNDS ﹣the sounds of the coins．

（1） 　　lives in a room above the restaurant．

A．	The judge
B．	Mike
C．	Peter
D．	No one

（2）Peter wanted to get 　　from Mike．

A．	the smells
B．	the food
C．	the sounds
D．	the coins

（3）From the material， we can see that the judge is 　　．

A．	poor
B．	rich
C．	stupid
D．	wise

（4）The material above is probably 　　．

A．	a play
B．	a poem
C．	a notice
D．	a diary

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