过去GDP是衡量经济发展快慢的“硬指标”，现在人们逐渐认识到了GDP的缺陷，正在研究

Mr.Gray traveled a lot on business. He sold machines of various kinds to famers, which he thought not really a very _36_ job, but he had always been interested in _37_, and he was quite satisfied with his life. He had a big_38_, and usually enjoyed driving it long distances, but he was also quite_39_to go by train sometimes too especially when the weather was_40_. He was a little frightened of driving in the rain or snow, and it was _41_tiring to sit comfortably in a train and look out of the windows without being worried about how one was going to get to the next place. One of Mr. Gray’s  _42_was often where to stay when he reached some small _43_in the country. He did not expect _44_and wonderful food, but he found it annoying when he was given a cold room, and when there was no hot water _45_ good food after a long and tiring day.
Late one winter evening, Mr. Gray arrived at a small railway station. The journey by train that _46_had not been at all interesting, and Mr. Gray was cold and tired and _47_. He was looking forward to a _48_but satisfying meal by a brightly burning _49_, and then a hot bath and a comfortable bed. While he was walking to the taxi stand, he said to a local man who was also _50_there. “As this is my _51_visit to this part of the country and I was in too much of a hurry to find out about a hotel before I _52_home, I would very much like to know how many you have here.” The local man answered, “We have two.” “And which of the two would you _53_me to go to?” Mr. Gray asked then. The local man scratched his _54_ for a few moments and then answered, “Well, it’s like this: _55_one you go to, you’ll be sorry you didn’t go to the other.”

小题1:	A．exhausting B．boring C．disappointing D．exciting

小题2:	A．farming B．gardening C．traveling D．driving

小题3:	A．taxi B．plane C．car D．boat

小题4:	A．satisfied B．tired C．frightened D．encouraged

小题5:	A．cold B．hot C．good D．bad

小题6:	A．more B．less C．very D．so

小题7:	A．problems B．questions C．aims D．jobs

小题8:	A．room B．restaurant C．hotel D．place

小题9:	A．respect B．comfort C．support D．peace

小题10:

A．or B．and C．but D．nor

小题11:

A．month B．day C．week D．moment

小题12:

A．thirsty B．angry C．ill D．hungry

小题13:

A．large B．simple C．rich D．wonderful

小题14:

A．fire B．candle C．oil D．light

小题15:

A．staying B．walking C．sitting D．working

小题16:

A．last B．best C．first D．only

小题17:

A．left B．returned C．went D．missed

小题18:

A．want B．advise C．allow D．wish

小题19:

A．hand B．arm C．head D．back

小题20:

A．each B．whatever C．any D．whichever