My water Thinks So

（单词翻译:单击）

    Reading water meters in an unfamiliar¹ part of town, I came upon a house with no number. Then I noticed an elderly man gardening at the first house on that block.
    "Excuse me," I said to him. "Are you Number One?"He smiled and replied, "My wife thinks so!"Notes:
    (1) water meter n.水表(2) unfamiliar adj.不熟悉的(3) come upon偶遇（等于come across）(4) Number One第一；一号Exercises:
    根据短文回答下列问题：
    ① Where was the author?
    ② What was the author doing?
    ③ What problem did he encounter²?
    ④ What was the elderly man doing?
    ⑤ Did the elderly man really understand what the author meant?
    26.我老婆这样认为在城区陌生地段查读水表时，我发现一处房子没有门牌号。接着，我看到这个街区的第一幢房子前有一位老人在养花。
    “打扰，”我对他说，“您是第一（号）吗？”
    他笑了，回答说：“我老伴是这样认为的。”