Question

Once a man lost his umbrella.He put an advertisement in the newspaper, but without ______.So one day he came to one of his friends, a merchant (商人), for ______.His friend asked him ______ he had written the advertisement.The man gave it to him, “Lost at the London Church a black umbrella.Whoever finds it and returns it will ______ ten pounds.” His friend had put a great number of advertisements in newspapers because of his business (生意).He thought the style of writing was of great ______.So he helped him to write in another ______.The next day, this advertisement appeared in the newspaper: “If the man who was seen to ______ an umbrella from the London Church doesn’t want to get into trouble, he ______ return it to No.20 Broad Street.”

The next morning, the man was very surprised to see in front of the door ______ twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors.His umbrella was also among them.Many of them had notes, which said they had been taken by ______ and asked the man not to say anything about the umbrella.

1.A. use B. news C. result D. umbrella

2.A. newspaper B. advertisement C. information D. help

3.A. how B. why C. when D. what

4.A. accept B. receive C. find D. cost

5.A. interest B. value C. use D. importance

6.A. saying B. newspaper C. language D. way

7.A. find B. rob C. bring D. take

8.A. shall B. may C. will D. ought

9.A. at least B. at most C. no more than D. not more than

10.A. choice B. mistake C. accident D. chance

Answer 1