Mr. Grey traveled a lot on business. He sold machines of different kinds to farmers. It was not really a very
36 job, but Mr. Grey had always been interested in
37 , and he was quite
38 with his life.
One of Mr. Grey’s problems was often__
39___ to stay when he reached some small places in the country. He did not expect great ___
40__ and wonderful food, but he found it annoying when he was given a __
41___ room and when there was no hot water or good food after a long and __
_42__ day.
Late one __
43__ evening, Mr. Grey arrived at a small railway station. The journey by __
44__ that day had not been ___
45__ interesting, and Mr. Grey was cold and tired and hungry. He was __
46___ a simple but satisfying meal by a bright burning __
47___ , and then a hot bath and a comfortable ___
48__.
While he was walking to the taxi stand, he said to a local man who was _
49__ walking there, “ As this is my first __
50___ to this part of the country and I was in too much of a __
51___ to find out about hotels before I left 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 __
52___ me to go to ?” Mr. Grey asked then.
The local man scratched his __
53___ for a few moments and then answered, “ Well, it’s like this: ___
54__ you go to, you’ll be ___
55__ you didn’t go to the other.”
| 小题1: | | A．curious | B．serious | C．exciting | D．horrible |
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| 小题2: | | A．shopping | B．farming | C．studying | D．teaching |
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| 小题3: | | A．satisfied | B．terrified | C．thankful | D．careful |
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| 小题4: | | A．where | B．which | C．what | D．how |
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| 小题5: | | A．position | B．respect | C．comfort | D．money |
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| 小题6: | | A．cold | B．small | C．common | D．local |
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| 小题7: | | A．happy | B．interesting | C．tiring | D．ordinary |
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| 小题8: | | A．winter | B．summer | C．Sunday | D．holiday |
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| 小题9: | | A．air | B．train | C．plane | D．boat |
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| 小题10: | | A．in all | B．at all | C．all over | D．all the same |
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| 小题11: | | A．booking | B．ordering | C．longing for | D．finding out |
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| 小题12: | | A．fire | B．light | C．wood | D．stove |
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| 小题14: | | A．already | B．also | C．yet | D．quite |
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| 小题15: | | A．arrive | B．look | C．visit | D．moment |
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| 小题16: | | A．while | B．hurry | C．habit | D．wonder |
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| 小题17: | | A．want | B．suggest | C．allow | D．advise |
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| 小题18: | | A．paper | B．head | C．hand | D．notebook |
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| 小题19: | | A．whenever | B．wherever | C．whichever one | D．neither one |
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| 小题20: | | A．proud | B．sure | C．sorry | D．glad |
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