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.”
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Our friendship our childhood has lasted for years.
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B.dating back |
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D.dating from |
--- Are you a teacher?
--- I , but now I am working in a company.
A.is |
B.am |
C.was |
D.had |
Have you applied Mr. Clark the position? It is worth a try.
A.for; to |
B.with; for |
C.with; about |
D.to; for |
With the loud noise going on in the workshop, I can hardly on my lessons.
A.put |
B.rely |
C.concentrate |
D.center |
At first, it seemed that everything went well, but all of sudden, the ship hit
iceberg.
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