One dark stormy night, an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether they could be
36 for the night, “I’m very sorry,” the clerk on night shift said politely, “we are all
37 tonight.
38 ,you could stay in my room if you don’t mind. I’m
39 ,so I’ll be here.” The young man gave the sincere advice.
The elderly couple accepted his
40 with gratitude. They apologized for the
41 they had caused him. The next day, the rain stopped and it
42 . When the old gentleman went to pay his bill, the same clerk said, “The room you and your wife stayed in is not a proper
43 room in this hotel, so you don’t need to pay.”
The old gentleman nodded in
44 : “You are an employee that every boss in the hotel business would dream of . Perhaps someday I’ll build a hotel for you.” The clerk was
45 but, deciding that the guest must have been
46 , he gave the remark
47 thought.
Two years later, the young man received a letter from the old gentleman, in which he
48 the experience of that dark stormy night. The letter also
49 a formal invitation, asking that young man to pay a visit.At a street corner in Manhattan, the young man met his
50 guest. The old gentleman, pointing to a magnificent new building
51 over the crossroads, “Look, that is the hotel I
52 to build for you. I hope you will
53 it for me .Remember what I said then? Well, I was
54 about it.”
The young man stammered, “But…will there be any
55 , sir? Why do you choose me? And who are you?”
“My name is William Aster.” This building was none other than the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a symbol of supreme status and honor in New York.
| 小题1: | | A．put up | B．put away | C．stay up | D．set up |
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| 小题2: | | A．preserved | B．conserved | C．booked | D．occupied |
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| 小题3: | | A．Meanwhile | B．Moreover | C．Otherwise | D．However |
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| 小题4: | | A．on duty | B．on display | C．on stage | D．on hand |
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| 小题5: | | A．service | B．view | C．offer | D．invitation |
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| 小题6: | | A．Instruction | B．consideration | C．Inconvenience | D．interruption |
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| 小题7: | | A．cleared away | B．picked out | C．cleaned up | D．cleared up |
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| 小题8: | | A．living | B．double | C．admirable | D．luxury |
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| 小题9: | | A．appreciation | B．admiration | C．surprise | D．excitement |
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| 小题10: | | A．excited | B．skeptical | C．annoyed | D．respectful |
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| 小题11: | | A．lacking | B．covering | C．joking | D．cheating |
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| 小题12: | | A．not more | B．no more | C．some | D．another |
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| 小题13: | | A．described | B．stated | C．recited | D．recalled |
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| 小题14: | | A．swapped | B．included | C．attached | D．added |
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| 小题15: | | A．former | B．original | C．formal | D．primitive |
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| 小题16: | | A．displaying | B．towering | C．flying | D．hovering |
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| 小题17: | | A．determined | B．promised | C．tended | D．intended |
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| 小题18: | | A．get | B．keep | C．manage | D．make |
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| 小题19: | | A．sensitive | B．concerned | C．curious | D．serious |
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| 小题20: | | A．Scene | B．situation | C．condition | D．Occasion |
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