One stormy night many years ago, an elderl
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One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the 36 _, the couple went to the front desk hoping to 37 for the night.
“Could you 38give us a room here?” the husband asked.
The clerk, a 39man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and 40that there were three conventions(大会) in town.
“All of our 41are taken,” the clerk said. “But I can’t send a 42couple like you 43into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning. Would you please be 44to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite(套房), but it will be good enough to make you45for the night.”
The couple said no politely.
“Don’t 46me. It is just fine with me,” the clerk told them.
As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, “You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build 47for you.” The three of them had a good 48.
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten it 49he received a letter from the old man. It recalled(使回忆) that stormy night and contained a round-trip(双程的) 50to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and 51him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.
He then pointed to a great new 52there, a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to 53_ .”
“You must be 54,” the young man said.
“I am sure I am not,” said the old man, the name of 55was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young clerk, George C. Boldt became its first manager.
小题1:
A.rain
B.anger
C.snow
D.hunger小题2:
A.leave
B.go
C.stay
D.look小题3:
A.surely
B.possibly
C.really
D.freely
20080507小题4:
A.lazy
B.bored
C.nervous
D.friendly小题5:
A.shouted
B.explained
C.believed
D.agreed小题6:
A.hotels
B.desks
C.streets
D.rooms小题7:
A.nice
B.famous
C.rich
D.common小题8:
A.beyond
B.off
C.out
D.under小题9:
A.kind
B.glad
C.good
D.generous小题10:
A.enjoyable
B.helpful
C.grateful
D.comfortable小题11:
A.worry about
B.take care of
C.make use of
D.come up with小题12:
A.one
B.it
C.them
D.those小题13:
A.sleep
B.meal
C.laugh
D.walk小题14:
A.after
B.before
C.while
D.when小题15:
A.ticket
B.bill
C.check
D.questionnaire小题16:
A.made
B.told
C.treated
D.led小题17:
A.building
B.car
C.bedroom
D.place小题18:
A.live
B.sell
C.manage
D.rent小题19:
A.lying
B.joking
C.dreaming
D.cheating小题20:
A.whose
B.which
C.whom
D.who
最佳答案:
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:C
答案解析:
略
考点核心:
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