A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need a hearing aid. So he called the family doctor to discuss the ______. The doctor told him about a simple test he could use _______ a better idea about her hearing loss.

“Stand about 40 feet（12 meters）from _____, and in a _______ conversational speaking tone（语调）see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a _____.”

That evening, the man’s wife is in the kitchen, and he is in the yard. “It’s about 40 feet,” he says to himself. “Let’s see what ____.” Then he asks, “Honey, what’s for dinner?” No response. So the husband moves ___to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife, and asks again, “Honey, what’s for dinner?” Still no response. Next, he moves into the dining room, he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks, “Honey, what’s for dinner?” Again he gets no response. He walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet ____. “Honey, what’s for dinner?” Again there is no response. ____ he walks right up behind her. “Honey, what’s for dinner?”

“Chicken! James, for the ________ time I’ve said that.”