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 34th
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.
1.A.food B.shelter
C.light
D.space
2.A.room
B.help C.bed
D.chair
3.A.serious
B.patient C.friendly
D.careful
4.A.decided
B.thought
C.suggested D.explained
5.A.So
B.And C.But
D.If
6.A.ready
B.glad
C.grateful D.natural
7.A.clearly
B.nearly C.exactly
D.simply
8.A.calm
B.special C.successful
D.comfortable
9.A.easily
B.politely C.give
D.know
10.A.
left B.agreed
C.complained D.happened
11.A.hotel
B.shop C.school
D.restaurant
12.A.build
B.keep
C.find D.invent
13.A.checked
B.excused
C.smiled D.changed
14.A.expected
B.realised C.discovered
D.forgotten
15. A.bright
B.warm C.cloudy
D.stormy
16.本题有误A.ticket B.map
C.form
D.travel
17.本题有误A.met B.thanked C.missed
D.watched
18.A.waved
B.pointed C.moved
D. returned
19.A.laughing
B. arguing C.joking
D.reporting
20.A.small
B. common C.
simple D.beautiful