(He sits in one of the barber's chairs.The barber turns to look at Henry.)

　　B: It's quite expensive here, you know! Are you sure you can afford it?

　　H: Yes.I think so.

　　(After his hair is cut, the barber tells Henry how much he must pay.Henry shows the barber the bank note.)

　　B: Why Mr ... (looks shocked)

　　H: Adams.Henry Adams.I'm sorry. I don't have any change.

　　B: Please don't worry! (wearing a big smile) Nothing to worry about! Nothing at all! Please come here whenever you like, even if you only have too little hair cut! It will be my honour to serve you!

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　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　First published in 2001, the book Life of Pi written by Canadian author Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize and an Asian American Prize for Literature. It is the story of a young boy named Pi who spends 227 days at sea with a small group of animals after disaster strikes their ship and is an account of his journey of survival and hardship.

　　Piscine"Pi"Molitor Patel, on whom Life of Pi is based, is a young boy living in Pondicherry, India, where his father owns a zoo. The story starts when Patel's family decide to move to Canada, along with their zoo animals for their new home.

　　However, because of the bad weather, the ship sinks. Pi along with an orangutan (猩猩), an injured zebra, a hyena (鬣狗) and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker are the only survivors who take shelter in a small lifeboat.Both the injured zebra and the orangutan are soon killed and eaten by the hyena.The tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena, leaving just the two of them alone on the boat now.

In an effort to avoid being eaten by Richard Parker, Pi acts himself as the head of the group