阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book 1hand. Of course, we may 2with our guide-books the history and 3developments of a town and get to know them. 4then, if we take out time and 5in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we 6it as a whole, we begin to have some 7,which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just 8this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets 9in this particular way, and not in any 10why?
Here even the best guide-book 11us. One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the 12appearance. It may not describe the original (最初的) 13of a town. However, one may get some idea of what I 14look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine 15the town was first planned and . Then one can learn more about in what direction the town 16to develop.
What is the 17of studying towns in the way? For me, it is 18that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A 19visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive 20just reading about it in a guide-book.
1.A. in B. C. by D. on
2.A. write B. study C. tell D. remember
3.A. strange B. similar C. separate D. special
4.A. But B. Before C. Since D. Until
5.A.look at B. work C. stay D.wail
6.A. look at B. look after C. look for D. look up
7.A. ideas B. opinions C. feelings D. questions
8.A. of B. for C. like D.as
9.A. open B. C. begin D. move
10.A. one B. more C. other D. such
11.A. helps B. tricks C. fails D.
12.A. old B. C. first D. present
13.A. capital B. meaning C. design D. change
14.A. used to B. seemed to C. had to D. happened to
15.A. what B. how C. when D. where
16.A. stops B. appears C. starts D. continues
17.A. point B. view C. problem D. difficulty
18.A.nearly B. simply C. generally D.
19.A.costly B. formal C. group D. personal
20.A. from B.than C. through D. with
Don’t be so discouraged. If you ________such feelings, you will do better next time.
A. carry on B. get back C. break down D. put away
-----Good evening. Huangshan Hotel.
-----Good evening. ______________?
A. Do you still have a room for tonight B. What would you like, please
C. Is there anything I can do for you D. Who is that speaking, please
I like these English songs and they ________many times on the radio.
A. taught B. have taught C. are taught D. have been taught
-----Have you got any particular plans for the coming holiday?
----- Yes, _______, I’m going to visit some homes for the old in the city.
A. If ever B. If busy C. If anything D. If possible
-----Do you have a minute? I’ve got something to tell you.
-----Ok, ______ you make it short.
A. now that B. if only C. so long as D. every time