Mr.Gray traveled a lot on business. He sold machines of various kinds to famers, which he thought not really a very _36_ job, but he had always been interested in _37_, and he was quite satisfied with his life. He had a big_38_, and usually enjoyed driving it long distances, but he was also quite_39_to go by train sometimes too especially when the weather was_40_. He was a little frightened of driving in the rain or snow, and it was _41_tiring to sit comfortably in a train and look out of the windows without being worried about how one was going to get to the next place. One of Mr. Gray’s _42_was often where to stay when he reached some small _43_in the country. He did not expect _44_and wonderful food, but he found it annoying when he was given a cold room, and when there was no hot water _45_ good food after a long and tiring day.
Late one winter evening, Mr. Gray arrived at a small railway station. The journey by train that _46_had not been at all interesting, and Mr. Gray was cold and tired and _47_. He was looking forward to a _48_but satisfying meal by a brightly burning _49_, and then a hot bath and a comfortable bed. While he was walking to the taxi stand, he said to a local man who was also _50_there. “As this is my _51_visit to this part of the country and I was in too much of a hurry to find out about a hotel before I _52_home, I would very much like to know how many you have here.” The local man answered, “We have two.” “And which of the two would you _53_me to go to?” Mr. Gray asked then. The local man scratched his _54_ for a few moments and then answered, “Well, it’s like this: _55_one you go to, you’ll be sorry you didn’t go to the other.”
| 小题1: | | A．exhausting | B．boring | C．disappointing | D．exciting |
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| 小题2: | | A．farming | B．gardening | C．traveling | D．driving |
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| 小题4: | | A．satisfied | B．tired | C．frightened | D．encouraged |
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| 小题7: | | A．problems | B．questions | C．aims | D．jobs |
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| 小题8: | | A．room | B．restaurant | C．hotel | D．place |
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| 小题9: | | A．respect | B．comfort | C．support | D．peace |
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| 小题11: | | A．month | B．day | C．week | D．moment |
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| 小题12: | | A．thirsty | B．angry | C．ill | D．hungry |
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| 小题13: | | A．large | B．simple | C．rich | D．wonderful |
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| 小题14: | | A．fire | B．candle | C．oil | D．light |
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| 小题15: | | A．staying | B．walking | C．sitting | D．working |
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| 小题16: | | A．last | B．best | C．first | D．only |
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| 小题17: | | A．left | B．returned | C．went | D．missed |
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| 小题18: | | A．want | B．advise | C．allow | D．wish |
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| 小题20: | | A．each | B．whatever | C．any | D．whichever |
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