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    Whenever I go to Westgate, I stay at the Grand Hotel． 1 its name, it is not very grand, 2 it is cheap, clean and comfortable． 3 , I know the manager well, so I never have to go to the 4 of reserving a room．The fact that I always 5 the same room never 6 to surprise me．

    On my last visit, the manager told me that I 7 my usual room, but he added 8 that I might find it a little noisy． 9 great was the demand for rooms, he told me, that they had decided to build a new wing．I 10 this, of course．It delighted me to think that the hotel was 11 a determined effort to live up to its 12 ．

    During the first day I 13 noticed the noise at all．The room was a little dusty, but that was 14 ．The following afternoon I took out a book 15 ．I had no sooner sat down 16 I heard someone knocking at the wall with a 17 ．Soon there was so much dust in the room that I began 18 ．The noise was now 19 than ever and it seemed 20 the whole building was going to fall．I could do nothing but leave the hotel immediately．

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

1．A．Instead 　　 of	B．In spite of
C．In charge of	D．In 　　 search of
2．A．so	B．and
C．but	D．unless
3．A．What 　　 is more	B．On 　　 the contrar
C．At most	D．Sooner 　　 or later
4．A．pleasure	B．trouble
C．excitement	D．relaxation
5．A．live	B．stay
C．get	D．point
6．A．fails	B．has
C．used	D．hopes
7．A．could 　　 not have	B．must 　　 have
C．had had	D．could 　　 have
8．A．gladly	B．proudly
C．excitedly	D．apologetically
9．A．Never	B．Only
C．Such	D．So
10．A．did 　　 mind	B．did 　　 not mind
C．didn’t agree to	D．didn’t 　　 wish for
11．A．finding	B．doing
C．making	D．taking
12．A．manager	B．name
C．house	D．customers
13．A．had	B．surely
C．hardly	D．must 　　 have
14．A．wanted	B．expected
C．hoped	D．needed
15．A．reading	B．for 　　 reading
C．to read	D．to 　　 be read
16．A．than	B．when
C．then	D．whenever
17．A．hammer	B．nail
C．pencil	D．newspaper
18．A．to 　　 smell	B．crying
C．to cough	D．hurting
19．A．louder	B．more 　　 aloud
C．loudlier	D．more 　　 louder
20．A．even 　　 if	B．as 　　 though
C．so that	D．like

阅读下面的短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Jim lived with his parents until he was 21 years old，and then he got a job in another town．He found a little comfortable 　1　 which had two bedrooms，a small kitchen and a bathroom，and he lived there on his 　2　 At first he 　3　 the flat himself，but he didn't want to 　4　 on doing this，so he decided to find someone else to do it for him．Soon one of his friends 　5　 Mrs Roper him．Mrs Roper was an old lady．She 　6　 with pleasure to come to his flat every morning for an hour．She 　7　 to wash dishes，iron his shirts and 　8　 the place tidy and clean．One day，　9　 Mrs Roper had been working for two weeks，Jim looked at the 　10　 in his bedroom and thought，“The mirror is covered with 　11　 ．Mrs Roper's forgotten to clean it．l can write on it with my 　12　 ．” So he wrote a message 　13　 the dust， “I'm coughing whenever I 　14　 because everything in this room is very 　15　 ．” That evening he came home from work and went into his 　16　 and looked at the mirror．“That 　17　 woman still hasn't cleaned it，”he said to himself，“All I need is a 　18　．”

　　But then he found a new 　19　 in front of the mirror．He 　20　 it up and read the words on it，“Cough medicine．”

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