误判与真相：邮递员的诊所奇遇（完形填空）
A man walked into a doctor’s examining room.
“Put out your ____1____ ,” the doctor said.
The man put out his tongue and the doctor said, “OK. You can put your tongue back now. It’s ____2____ what’s wrong with you. You need more exercise.”
“But, doctor,” the man said. “I don’t think...”
“Don’t tell me ____3____ you think,” the doctor said, “I am the doctor, not you. I know what you need. I see hundreds of people like you. ____4____ of them get any exercise. They sit in offices all day and in front of the television in the ____5____. What you need is to ____6____ quickly for at least 20 minutes a day.”
“Doctor, you don’t ____7____,” the patient said, “I...”
“I don’t want to ____8____ any excuses,” the doctor said. “You must find time for exercise. If you don’t, you will get fat and have ____9____ problems when you are older.”
“But I walk every day,” the patient said.
“Oh, yes, and I know what kind of walking that is. You walk a few feet to the subway station from your ____10____, a few more feet from the station to your office, and a few more feet from your office to a restaurant for lunch and back. That’s not ____11____ walking. I’m talking about a walk in the park for twenty minutes every day.”
“Please ____12____ me, doctor!” the patient shouted, getting ____13____ with this doctor who thought he knew everything.
“I’m a mailman (邮递员),” the patient went on, “and I walk for seven ____14____ every day.”
For a moment the doctor was silent, then he said quietly, “Put your tongue out ____15____, will you?”
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