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　　DC Hilton was one of the fist Amerircans to find out that there was money to be made in the middle of the night. 42 years ago he bought a small restaurant on US Highway 69, in Oklahoma. His main customers were truck drivers and 1 salesmen who drank coffee and ate cheeseburgers when they stopped to 2 their journey.

　　It was they who first tried to persuade Hilton to remain open all night. He thought about it for a while, and then suddenly made up his his mind. He took the door key and threw it across the road. He hasn't closed the door 3 .

　　Over the years his simple burger cafe has expended into a 24-hour roadside empire, with a 100-seat restaurant, a petrol station, a mini shopping market, a car park 4 mobile homes(活动住房) and all night self-help laundry(洗衣房) .

　　Hilton was a pioneer in a 24-hour 5 which has now caught on around the world. Today not only restaurants but also banks, supermarkets, mail-order firms, travel agencies and many other businesses are 6 to be open all night. 7 is this really a good thing?

　　A lot of research has been done in America on the effect of 24-hour working, and there is growing 8 about the long term dangers of a society that doesn't sleep. Americans are said to be sleeping 20% less than they did 100 years ago, and 55% claim to suffer at least occasionally from over-tiredness. 9 of the worst-made disasters hap pened in the last few hours before dawn. when even the mast experienced nightworker has difficulty 10 awake.

1．

[　　]

A．travelling

B．walking

C．entering

D．coming

2．

[　　]

A．start

B．continue

C．break

D．enjoy

3．

[　　]

A．ever

B．since

C．later

D．then

4．

[　　]

A．on

B．at

C．of

D．for

5．

[　　]

A．working trend

B．touring business

C．banking service

D．delivering system

6．

[　　]

A．performing

B．pretending

C．beginning

D．hesitating

7．

[　　]

A．Thus

B．And

C．But

D．Furthermore

8．

[　　]

A．concern(关注)

B．understanding

C．interest

D．sense

9．

[　　]

A．Few

B．Several

C．None

D．All

10．

[　　]

A．getting

B．becoming

C．maintaining

D．staving

Answer 1

答案：A;C;B;D;A;C;C;A;B;D
解析：

1．A　导解：既然是推销员，当然是到处奔波跑销售． 　　2．C　导解：指停下脚步休息一下． 　　3．B　导解：从那时开始到现在没关过门．since与句中现在完成时相呼应． 　　4．D　导解：for表示“当作、作为”，把停车场当作活动住房． 　　5．A　导解：24小时的工作潮流，这一趋势． 　　6．C　导解：这些场所都开始通宵营业了． 　　7．C　导解：注意以此为界，上下文描述两种不同观念，因此选C． 　　8．A　导解：人们对这一妨害备加关注． 　　9．B　导解：有些但不是所有这种灾难发生在这一时段． 　　10．D　导解：stay用作系动词表示“保持”某种状态．