Question

In this early day of the United States of America, it wasn’t easy ____ from one town or city to _____. There were no trains. Of course, and the roads were very poor. If a man wanted to go from one place to another, he often _____ a horse. And because the roads were bad, he sometimes got very dirty.

One day a man came into a hotel in a little country town. His clothes were very dirty, and he looked very tried. “ Do you have a room here _____ me?” he asked. The hotel man at the desk thought, “ I don’t want this man ____ here. He’s too dirty for my hotel.” “ I’m sorry.” He said. “ We don’t have any ___ rooms. There’s a small hotel down the street. You can ask there.”

Soon an important-looking man having fine clothes came into the hotel. “ I’ve come to see Mr. Jefferson,” he said. “ Mr. Jefferson?” “ Yes, Vice-president(副總統(tǒng)) Jefferson. We planned to meet here.” The hotel man was ____ “ A man _____ dirty clothes was just here. I thought he was a farmer, and sent him to another hotel a few minutes ago.” The hotel man _____ the Vice-president’s room in the other hotel.

“ Oh, Mr. Jefferson,” he said, “ I’m very sorry I thought you were a farmer. We have a room at our hotel. Please come back.”

“ No.” said Mr. Jefferson, “ If there’s no room for a farmer, there’s no room for the Vice president, _____.”

1.A.get B.got C.to get D.getting

2.A.other B.the other C.another D.the another

3.A.must to ride B.have to ride C.had to ride D.has to ride

4.A.for B.to C.of D.at

5.A.stay B.to stay C.stayed D.staying

6.A.many B.much C.a lot D.more

7.A.happy B.sad C.afraid D.lucky

8.A.of B.in C.on D.with

9.A.hurry B.hurried C.hurried to D.in hurry

10.A.too B.also C.neither D.either

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了過(guò)去美國(guó)由于交通不便，人們主要是騎馬出行，這經(jīng)常使得衣服沾滿泥水。一天，美國(guó)副總統(tǒng)杰佛遜來(lái)到一家鄉(xiāng)村小旅店，由于衣服臟而被不知情的店主拒絕入住，后來(lái)在旁人的指點(diǎn)下，店主慌忙請(qǐng)其入住，但這種以貌取人的做法自然是于事無(wú)補(bǔ)。

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考點(diǎn)：故事類(lèi)短文。