TherewerefourpeopletravelingacrossEnglandonatrain，aRussian，aCuban（古巴），anAmericanbusinessmanandanAmericanlawyer．TheRussiantookoutalargebottleofvodka（伏特加），gaveeachofthemenadrinkandthenthrew

　　There were four people traveling across England on a train，a Russian，a Cuban（古巴），an American businessman and an American lawyer．The Russian took out a large bottle of vodka（伏特加），gave each of the men a drink and then threw the rest half bottle of vodka out of the window．"Why did you waste the rest of it？"asked the American businessman．"There's too much vodka in my country，"said the Russian．"And really we have more than we will ever use．"

　　A few minutes later，the Cuban began to give out fine Havana Cigars（雪茄）．After that，he threw his out of the window．"I thought Cuba is not a rich country，"the businessman said．"But you threw that very good cigar out of the window!"The Cuban answered，"Cigars are the cheapest in my country．We have more of them than we know what to do with．"The American businessman sat quietly for a moment．Then he got up，caught the lawyer by the arm and threw him out of the window．

　　56．The four men in the story___．

　　A．were all from different countries

　　B．liked drinking

　　C．enjoyed smoking

　　D．were traveling

　　57．Vodka is a kind of___．

　　A．cigarette

　　B．medicine

　　C．food

　　D．alcohol（酒）

　　58．The Russian and the Cuban both wanted to___．

　　A．tell the businessman what their countries are rich in

　　B．show that they were rich

　　C．ask the two Americans to visit their countries

　　D．make the businessman happy

　　59．What did the businessman want to say by throwing the lawyer out of the window？___

　　A．I'll send my lawyer to Cuba to see if the Cuban told the truth．

　　B．We have too many lawyers in my country．

　　C．I'll go to Cuba and do some business of cigars．

　　D．If you need lawyers，come to America．