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1、Unit16　Stories(B)Ⅰ.阅读理解(2017·黄冈检测)OnChristmasDay，2003，awomannamedNancySueBrowntookherdaughterandgrandchildrentoseeamovieatanAMCtheater.Whenthemoviewasover，thecrowdmadefortheexits.Atheateremployeehadjustfinishedmoppingthehallwayanddutifullyplacedthe“wetfloor”signintheslipperyarea.Noonesl

2、ippedduetothewetconditions，butsomeonedidmanagetoknockoverthesign.AndbythetimeMs.Browngottothearea，thesignwaslyingonthefloor.Andshortlythereafter，sowasshe.Herfootgotcaughtinthesign，inabadway，andshefell.UnfortunatelyMs.Brownhadundergoneabackoperation，andthefallcausedmoredamagethanitotherw

3、isewouldhave.Sosheandherhusbandsued(提起诉讼)．AMCarguedthattheentirepointofthe“wetfloor”signabovewastowarnofdanger，andtherefore，courtsshouldencouragetheusebynotallowingBrown'scasetoproceed(继续进行)．AMCreferredtoacaseaboutaDecember，1998incident，wherea“wetfloor”sign，notinuse，felltothefloorcausin

4、ganothertripandfall.Inthatcase，Georgia'sCourtofAppealsruledinfavorofthestore，butdidn'tgosofarastosaythat“wetfloor”signscouldn'tgiverisetolegalliability(责任)intripandfallaccidents.IntheBrowncase，theSupremeCourtthereforerejectedAMC'sargumentthattheformercaseapplied.ButtheBrownsarguedsometh

5、ingsurprisingthatthe“wetfloor”signwas，itself，dangerous，because“usingthistypeofsigninareaspassedbylotsofcustomerscreatesanunreasonableriskofforeseeableharmtothepublicintheformoftrippinghazards(危险)．”That'sright—thesafetysign，usedinthewayitwasdesigned，wasitselfdangerous.Thecourtthankfullyd

6、idn'tacceptthatargument，atleastnotentirely.ButitdidconcludethatBrown'scasecouldcontinuetoajury(陪审团)—“amerchant'sselectionanduseofequipmentdesignedtowarncustomersofonedangerthathasthepotentialtoexposethemtoadifferentone”．【语篇解读】　本文主要介绍了布朗夫人在美国一家AMC影院看完电影离开时，被“小心地滑”的警示牌绊倒受伤后，向法院提起诉讼的原因以及法院

7、的审判结果。1．Accordingtothetext，Ms.Brown．A．slippedonthewetfloorB．trippedoverawarningsignC．knockedoverawarningsignD．wasknockeddownbythecrowdB　[考查细节理解。根据文章第一段中的“...Ms.Browngottothearea，thesignwaslyingonthefloor.Andshortlythereafter，sowasshe.Herfootgotcaughtinthesign，inabadway，andshefe