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　　Mr and Mrs Smith were giving a dinner party with 20 v　　1　　 seated around a table．Their talk was about who has m　　2　　 self-control，men or women．

　　Suddenly they saw a strange expression coming a　　3　　 Mrs Smith's face．She said something to the servant(仆人)standing behind her without t　　4　　 around．The servant quickly put a glass of milk outside the open door．

　　One of the men said, “I want to know what self-control everyone has．While I am counting from 1 to 300, none of you can move at all．If you do, you will p　　5　　＄50．”

　　The people sat like rocks while the man counted．When he r　　6　　 280, a large snake was seen m　　7　　 slowly from the table to the glass of milk．

Mr Smith said, “You have just shown us an e　　8　　 of self-control, but how did you know there was a snake in the room?’’

　　“I didn’t know it was, but I knew the milk was f　　9　　 the snake, ’’ the man answered．

　　“It was lying r　　10　　 on my feet,’’ said Mrs Smith．