One rainy night many years ago ,an elderly couple entered the hall of a small hotel in Philadephia. The couple walked to the front desk hoping to get some
21 for the night. “Could you give us a
22 here?” the husband asked.
The waiter, a
23 man with a bright smile, looked at the couple and
24 that there were three meetings in town. “All of our rooms are taken,” the waiter said. “
25 I can’t send a nice couple like you out into the rain at one o’clock in the morning. Would you be
26 to sleep in my room? It’s not
27 a suite(套房)，but it will be good enough to make you
28 for the night.”
When then couple refused
39 , he explained, “Don’t worry about me.”So the couple
30 . The next morning, the elderly man said to the waiter, “you are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best
31 in America. Maybe someday I’ll 32 one for you.” The waiter looked at them and
33 .Then they drove away.
Two years passed. The waiter had almost
34 it when he received a letter from the old man. It recalled（提起）that
35 night and enclosed（附上）a round-trip to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit.
The old man
36 knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose
37 him in New York and led him to Fifth Avenue and 34
th Street. He
38 to a great new building there.
“That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man.
“You must be
39 ,” the young man said.
“I’m not,” said the elderly man.
The elderly man was William Waldor-Aster, and that
40 building was the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young waiter who became its first manager was George Boldt.
| 小题1: | | A．food | B．shelter | C．light | D．space |
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| 小题3: | | A．serious | B．patient | C．friendly | D．careful |
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| 小题4: | | A．decided | B．thought | C．suggested | D．explained |
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| 小题6: | | A．ready | B．glad | C．grateful | D．natural |
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| 小题7: | | A．clearly | B．nearly | C．exactly | D．simply |
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| 小题8: | | A．calm | B．special | C．successful | D．comfortable |
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| 小题9: | | A．easily | B．politely | C．give | D．know |
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| 小题10: | | A．left | B．agreed | C．complained | D．happened |
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| 小题11: | | A．hotel | B．shop | C．school | D．restaurant |
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| 小题12: | | A．build | B．keep | C．find | D．invent |
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| 小题13: | | A．checked | B．excused | C．smiled | D．changed |
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| 小题14: | | A．expected | B．realised | C．discovered | D．forgotten |
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小题15:
| A．bright | B．warm | C．cloudy | D．stormy |
小题16:本题有误
| A．ticket | B．map | C．form | D．travel |
小题17:本题有误
| A．met | B．thanked | C．missed | D．watched |
| 小题18: | | A．waved | B．pointed | C．moved | D．returned |
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| 小题19: | | A．laughing | B．arguing | C．joking | D．reporting |
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| 小题20: | | A．small | B．common | C．simple | D．beautiful |
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