I have spent years of my life traveling all over the world. When I arrive in a new country or city, usually I am _1__ and go to bed. For this reason my first day or night in any__2__place is always quiet and very little happens.

But my first night in Algeciras was very different. This night was very__3__and unusual.

At that time Alseciras in Southern Spain was a dirty and__4__looked-after city. I arrived late in the evening by boat. As soon as I got off the boat, I went to look for a __5__ . I find a small one not far from the boat.

This hotel looked dirty and untidy from the outside. But I was very tired and did not know my __6__ around the city of Algecras. And so I decided to stay in this __7__ hotel on the quay (碼頭). I also decided to stay in this hotel for another__8__. The moon was full and it was a clear,  bright night. From the hotel I could_9__the sea. I could see the huge rock of Gibraltar in the bright moonlight.

The hotel had a narrow _10__and no name. When I went through this doorway, I had to climb up narrow and dark stairs to the first floor. I __11__ a small cupboard with a desk in front of it. This was the hotel office.

An untidy and tired woman was sitting beside the __12__. When I said I wanted a room for the night, she took me __13__some more stairs to a room on the second floor. Inside this room the landlord was sitting playing cards with some friends. He was__14__his game of cards and I was simply a nuisance (討厭的人). He looked at me when the woman told him that I wanted a room, Then he said, Room Five, and   __15__to his game of cards.

1.                A．frightened      B．excited         C．tired D．satisfied

 

2.                A．old            B．new           C．famous   D．unknown

 

3.                A．interesting      B．common        C．forgetful  D．strange

 

4.                A．badly          B．well            C．wrongly  D．slowly

 

5.                A．guide          B．driver          C．hotel D．dinner

 

6.                A．friend          B．address         C．home    D．way

 

7.                A．small           B．large           C．expensive D．funny-looking

 

8.                A．memory        B．person         C．reason   D．sight-seeing

 

9.                A．look down      B．find out         C．study D．forget

 

10.               A．bedroom       B．doorway        C．stairs D．river

 

11.               A．ran out of       B．picked up       C．painted   D．came to

 

12.               A．bed           B．office          C．desk  D．doorway

 

13.               A．over           B．down          C．up   D．under

 

14.               A．tired of         B．enjoying        C．buying    D．throwing

 

15.               A．turned back     B．began          C．took back  D．finished

 

 

--Did you go ___ ___ with your brother last weekend, Tina?

   --No ,we just stayed at home and watched TV.

A. anywhere interesting    B. interesting anywhere

C. somewhere interesting   D. interesting somewhere

 

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On Saturday morning, I usually get up very late. I wash my face and then go out to ___1___ morning exercise. After I have my ___2___, I often go to a shopping center ___3___ my mother at about 8:20 a.m. The shopping center is near our home, so we walk there. It ___4___ us about 15 minutes to get there on foot. The shopping center is new __5___ big. There are many things there, such as TVs, fridges, computers, clothes, food and drinks. I like the clothes there. They look very lovely. There are many ___6__ there. They are men and women, old and ___7__.Parents have to ___8___ their children because it is too crowded there. Children may get lost in it. __9___ do many people come here to buy things? Because the things here are usually good and cheap. It’s a lot of ___10___ doing shopping in it.

1.	A．make B．do C．run D．read

 

2.	A．breakfast B．lunch C．supper D．dinner

 

3.	A．for B．to C．with D．at

 

4.	A．gives B．takes C．uses D．spends

 

5.	A．but B．so C．or D．and

 

6.	A．students B．people C．children D．drives

 

7.	A．tall B．short C．young D．low

 

8.	A．look after B．look out C．look at D．look up

 

9.	A．What B．Where C．Why D．Which

 

10.	A．interesting B．interested C．funny D．fun

 

Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Others think it is terrible.
　　One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.
　　On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift(電梯), it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.
　　There was nothing for him to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coats ended up sleeping for most of the day.
　　Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."
【小題1】Mr. Coates thinks working on the weekend is_____.

A．interesting

B．terrible

C．happy

D．unhappy

【小題2】Mr. Coates stayed in the lift for_____.

A．about twenty hours	B．nearly two days
C．one week	D．more than sixty hours

【小題3】 When Mr. Coates got out of the lift he_____.

A．was cold, weak, hungry and tired

B．wouldn't work there any more

C．said "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."

D．went home at once

【小題4】Why could Mr. Coates not get out of the lift? Because _____.

A．it was broken	B．it was the weekend
C．it was in an office	D．it was a holiday

【小題5】 In the lift, there was_________.

A．water

B．beer

C．telephone

D．nothing

--Did you go ___ ___ with your brother last weekend, Tina?

   --No ,we just stayed at home and watched TV.

A. anywhere interesting    B. interesting anywhere

C. somewhere interesting   D. interesting somewhere