3. A.well were worth　 B.were worth well　　　　 C.worth well were　　　 D.were well worth

2. A.many　　　 B.the many　　　　 C.the few　　　　 D.some

1. A.new　　 　　B.good　　 　　　C.high　　 　　　　D.tall

20. A.excited　　 　　　B.exciting　　 　　　C.excite　　 　　　D.many excitements

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 北京中学生英语竞赛(一)

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My wife and I have always enjoy travelling by sea , and last year we had a long trip . Although our holiday was rather expensive we thought that the ___1__ standard of accommodation , the first-class food and ___2__ interesting places we saw __3___ the price we paid .

We found that most of the other __4___ were friendly and ___5__ , but there was one man , ___6__ , who made us unhappy , and not __7____ us but all __8___ who had meals with us at the same table . Whatever subject we talked about , it seemed that he was ___9__ it . He had , apparently , read more books , visited more ___10___ and studied more languages than anyone else . After a few days , we ate our meals in __11___ , because nobody wanted to __12___ a conversation that would soon be taken up by __13___ .

Then my wife had an idea . Fortunately , the ship had a library , and she suggested that we __14__ of an unusual subject , look it up in an encyclopaedia and then __15____ it at dinner . If it were unusual enough Mr. James could not __16___ know anything about it . The subject we __17___ was “ English Agriculture in the Eleventh Century”.At dinner that night we talked a lot about this subject . Mr. James was __18____ . We realized we had at last __19____ to find ___20__ he knew little about .

19. A.making exercise 　　　　B.do exercise　　 　C.getting exercises　　　　 D.exercise

18. A.enjoying　　　 　　　　B.want　　 　　　C.afford　 　　　　　　　D./

17. A./　　　 B.therefore　　　　 C.and　　　 　　　　D.so

16. A./　　　　 B.his　　　　　 C.the her one　　　　 D.hers

15. A.borrow from him　　　 B. lend me　　　 C.lend from her　　　　 D.borrow from her

14. A.The Mrs. Wilson　　　 B.the Mr. Wilson　　　 C.Mrs. Wilson　　　　 D.Mrs. Wilson