During a recent vacation I visited Dusseldorf, a city in the former West Germany. The nine-day trip made me feel unforgettable. I arrived at Dusseldorf airport at six. It was already dark outside. The first thing I needed to do was to find a place to　 　26　 . I decided to telephone the youth hotel. But to use the 　　27? I needed some coins. I asked a lady for 　　28　 . To my surprise, she 　　29　 　me three coins to use. But all the phones in the　 　30 　needed phone cards. And phone cards could only be ?31? at post office during the daytime. I was afraid I ?32? be able to call the hotel. An old gentleman helped me. He couldn’t speak English but? 33 　that I needed to make a phone call. He showed me where the ?34? was and inserted (插入) his phone card. I called the youth hotel and booked a room that night. The kindness of ?35 ? made me feel that I was not far from 　　36　 . And my first day in Germany wasn’t as?37 　as I expected.

Wherever I went, I asked people for ?38?. It surprised me that almost every young German could speak English ?39?. Older Germans ?40? speak English very well, but they would try to help me whenever they could. One middle-aged man I　 　41? directions even drove me to the place I was looking for. My experience in Germany completely changed my ?42? of Germans. In many World War Ⅱ films Germans are ?43?to foreigners. But things have changed ?44?. And the people couldn’t be 　　45　 　friendly.

26. A. live　　　　 　　B. stay　　　　　 　　C. work　　　　 　　　D. visit

27. A. hotel　　　　 　　B. taxi　　　　 　　　C. phone　　　　 　　　D. money

28. A. help　　　　 　　B. advice　　　　 　　C. the telephone　　　 D. the youth hotel

29. A. lent　　　 　　　B. shared　　　 　　　C. borrowed　　　　 　D. gave

30. A. station　　　 　　　B. airport　　　 　　　C. hotel　　　 　　　D. Germany

31. A. bought　　　　 　　B. found　　　 　　　C. used　　　 　　　　D. called

32. A. couldn’t　　　　 　B. should　　　 　　C. wouldn’t　　　 　　D. will

33. A. mistook　　　 　　B. heard　　　 　　　C. wondered　　　　 D. understood

34. A. phone　　　　 　　B. hotel　　　 　　　C. card　　　　 　　　D. post - office

35. A. lady　　　 　　　B. old man　　　 　　C. help　　　 　D. the German people

36. A. Germany　　　　 B. home　　　 　　　C. the hotel　　　　 　D. them

37. A. unforgettable　　　 B. interesting　　　　 C. bad　　　　 　　　D. good

38. A. directions　　　　 B. advices　　　 　　C. English　　　　 　　D. way

39. A. often　　　　 　　　B. fluently　　　 　　C. a little　　　　 　　D. much

40. A. could also　　 　　　B. couldn’t　　　 　　C. can　　　　 　　　D. did

41. A. talked about　　　 B. came across　　 C. asked for　　　　 　D. showed

42. A. love　　　　 　　　B. life　　　 　　　C. impression　　　 　D. interest

43. A. friendly　　　 　　B. enemy　　　 　　C. bad manners　　　　 D. unfriendly

44. A. by then　　　　 　B. since then　　　　 C. later　　　　 　　　D. before

45. A. still　　　　 　　　B. much　　　 　　　C. too　　　　 　　　　D. more

25. ---What do you think of his suggestion that safety standards ______ ?

　 　---It is well worth consideration in my opinion.

A. will improved　 B. should improve　 C. be improved　 D. will be improved

24. The blues has been _____part of African-American culture since then, and it is still _______ important part of American culture.

A. a; a　　 　　B. / ; an　　　　　　　 C. the ; a　　　　　 D. / ; a

23. In the past 5 years a great deal of money ______ improving the environment of the school.

　A. is spent　　　 B. has been spent　 C. was spent　　 D. had been spent

22. China has been working very hard to stop the endangered animals _______ .

　 A. dying out　　　 B. dying away　　　 C. dying down　　 D. dying hard