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The other day I talked to a stranger on the bus. When he found out that I was from ________ , he told me he had a good friend who lived there and he wondered if, by any chance, I________ to know him. At the moment I thought he might be joking, but I could ________ from the expression on his face that he was ________ . I felt like saying that it was impossible to all the millions of people in Chicago I could have ________ with his friend. But instead, I just ________ and told him that Chicago was a very big city. He _________, and I thought he was going to ________ talking about the subject. But I was ________ . He was silent for a few minutes, and then he began to tell me about his friend.
He told me that his friend's main ________ in life seemed to be playing tennis. He said he was an excellent tennis player, and that he ________ had his own tennis court(网球场). He added that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, ________ he only knew two people who had private tennis courts. I told him I knew several people having private tennis courts, including my brother who was a doctor in California---and, in fact, ________ my next door neighbor in Chicago. He said that maybe there were ________ private courts in the country than he realized, but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me where my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence(巧合) ________ his friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year, and he stayed next door to a doctor who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my ________ had gone to Sacramento last summer and had rented (租用) the house ________ my brother's. For a moment, we ________ at each other, but we did not say anything.
"Would your friend's name happened to be Roland Dickwood?" I asked finally. He laughed and said, "Yes. Would your ________ name happened to be Dr Ray Hunter?" It was my ________ to laugh. "Yes, "I replied.
1.A. Chicago B. a city C. Sacramento D. California
2.A. wanted B. happened C. went D. had
3.A. speak B. watch C. see D. tell
4.A. serious B. anxious C. friendly D. gentle
5.A. talked B. worked C. met D. lived
6.A. smiled B. sat C. thought D. talked
7.A. rose B. nodded C. smiled D. agreed
8.A. stop B. begin C. continue D. change
9.A. right B. curious C. wrong D. foolish
10.A. habit B. interest C. duty D. belief
11.A. once B. exactly C. even D. almost
12.A. for B. or C. so D. but
13.A. same B. as C. also D. well
14.A. some B. no C. more D. fewer
15.A. if B. because C. while D. when
16.A. brother’s friend B. brother C. friend D. next-door neighbor
17.A. far from B. next to C. near D. behind
18.A. stared B. talked C. laughed D. shouted
19.A. friend's B. brother's C. neighbor's D. court's
20.A. chance B. time C. turn D. moment
The discovery of new evidence led to _________.
A. the thief having caught B. catch the thief
C. the thief to be caught D. the thief being caught
You have made a ______. You have _____ two lines from this paragraph
A.. mistake; left over B. mistake; left for
C. mistake; left out D. mistake; left behind
He _____ to the meeting ten minutes earlier, but he was _______ by a heavy fog.
A. was supposed to come; held out
B. is supposed to come; held back
C. is supposed to have come; held up
D. was supposed to come; held back
– I wonder if you could go with me to the cinema.
--- Don’t disturb me. I ______ a composition all the morning and haven’t finished it yet.
A. write B. was writing
C. have written D. have been writing
---How long do you think it’ll be _____ I can go back to work?
--- Well, you’ll be feeling much better by next weekend.
A. before B. when C. until D. that