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　　My wife and I spent a few weeks in London last year．We went there in the 　1　 We think it is the 　2　 season to visit England．The 　3　 is usually good 　4　 there aren't many 　5　 in October．

　　We 　6　 in small hotel in the West End．We 　7　 most of our sightseeing on foot．We went to 　8　 the places which all travellers see．We went shopping and spent 　9　 much money．　10　 we liked most going to the 　11　 We don't have the 　12　 to see such 　13　 plays at home．A lot of people say English 　14　 is very bad．We didn't think 　15　. it is 　16　 that most of the restaurants are French，Italian or Chinese，but we had some very 　17　 meals．

　　In fact，we 　18　 our boliday so much that we have already decided to go there again this year．We are going to take our umbrellas，　19　 I'm sure we will need 　20　 sometimes．

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A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little “gift” in its mouth — a dead animal of some sort．Taking a closer look, he was surprised to 　36 it as the bunny （小兔）that 　37 Mary, the young daughter of the family next door．My friend felt 　38 , believing his cat had killed Mary’s bunny．

My quick-thinking friend came up with a plan． 39 　from the cat’s mouth the dead animal, which by now was a 　40 mess, he put it in the kitchen sink(水槽)．With a little warm water and some shampoo, he tried to 　41 the dead bunny as best he could．Then he took a hair dryer and blow-dried the bunny 　42 it looked pretty good．

Finally, under the cover of darkness, he crept into the next-door garden and placed it 　43 　in the cage．He managed to make the bunny look very 　44 　there in his little box．

The next morning, my friend looked out of the window and noticed a crowd of people 　45 around the rabbit cage ．Everyone seemed to be talking and pointing．My friend 　46 to go over and act like any normal　 47 neighbor and find out what was going on．

When he got there, Mary’s mother said to my friend, “You won’t believe this! It’s a（n） 48 thing! Mary’s bunny 49 　a few days ago, and we buried that little bunny right over there．．．”

Have you ever tried to cover up one wrongdoing with another? Covering up only makes matters 　50 ．

When we get caught doing something 　51 , for example, we may 　52 to cover it up with a lie．But just like Mary’s bunny, the result is 53 what we expected．We 　54 looking foolish．We would have been better off admitting we were wrong and accepting the 　55 ．What do you think of it?

36．A．treat　　　 B．catch　　 　　　　　　　　　 C．appreciate　 　　　　 D．recognize

37．A．looked for　 B．got along　 　　　　　　　 C．belonged to 　　　　　 D．resulted from

38．A．pleased　　 B．terrible　 　　　　　　　　　　　 C．confused 　　　　　　 D．excited

39．A．Looking　　 B．Removing 　　　　　　　　　　 C．Preventing　 　　　　 D．Hearing

40．A．dirty　　　 B．lovely　　 　　　　　　　　　　 C．gifted　　　 　　　　 D．strange

41．A．dress up　　 B．bring up　 　　　　　　　　　　 C．clean up　　 　　　　 D．make up

42．A．whenever　 B．though　 　　　　　　　　　　　 C．before　　 　　　　 D．until

43．A．carefully　 B．strangely　 　　　　　　　　　　 C.especially　 D．wonderfully

44．A．serious　　 B．correct　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．balanced　 　　　　 D．natural

45．A．cheered　　 B．gathered 　　　　　　　　　　　 C．ran　　　　 　　　　 D．looked

46．A．wished　　 B．decided　 　　　　　　　　　　 C．hesitated 　　　　　　 D．meant

47．A．anxious　　 B．discouraged 　　　　　　　　　　 C．wise　 　　　　　　　　 D．curious

48．A．strange　　 B．difficult 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．sad 　　　　　　　　　　　 D．annoying

49．A．passed away B．ran away　 　　　　　　　　　　 C．set out 　　　　　　　 D．went up

50．A．more　　　 B．worse　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．better　 　　　　　　　 D．faster

51．A．exciting　　　 B．perfect　 　　　　　　　　　 C．strange 　　　　　　　 D．wrong

52．A．refuse　　　 B．attempt 　　　　　　　　　　 C．promise 　　　　　　 D．pretend

53．A．often　　　　 B．just　　　 　　　　　　　　　 C．always 　　　　　　　 D．never

54．A．get down　　 B．end up　 　　　　　　　　　　 C．go through　 　　　 D．set out

55．A．result　　 B．opportunities　 　　　　　　　　 C．hopes 　　　　　　　　　 D．choices

1　 there, don’t try to speak English perfectly, 　2 if you do so, no one will understand you. In London ninety-nine in every hundred people speak 　3 English. You may say that 　4 they don’t speak English well themselves, they can 　5 understand it when it is well spoken. They　 6 when the speaker is English. But when the speaker is a 　7 , the better he speaks, the 　8 it is to understand him.

No foreigner can 　9 stress(重读) the syllables(音节) and make the tone(声调) 　10 and fall in question and 　11 exactly as a 　12 does. 　13 the first thing you have to do is to speak with a strong 　14 accent, and speak broken, that is, English without any 　15 . Then every English person you 　16 will at once know you are a foreigner, and try to understand you and be ready to 　17 you. He will not 　18 you to be polite and use grammatical phrases. He will be 　19 by his cleverness in making out(弄清) your 　20 and being able to tell what you want to know.

1. A. settled　　　 B. heard　　　 C. understood　 D. known

2. A. because　　　 B. unless　　　 C. whatever　　 D. for

3. A. American　　 B. bad　　　　 C. standard　　 D. no

4. A. because　　　 B. since　　　 C. when　　　　 D. even if

5. A. hardly　　　 B. really　　　 C. at least　　 D. at most

6. A. say　　　　　 B. can　　　　 C. think　　　　 D. hope

7. A. foreigner　　 B. native　　　 C. Londoner　　 D. traveler

8. A. better　　　 B. easier　　　 C. harder　　　 D. clearer

9. A. never　　　　 B. even　　　　 C. ever　　　　 D. only

10. A. right　　　 B. exact　　　 C. raise　　　　 D. rise

11. A. request　　 B. answer　　　 C. sentence　　 D. phrase

12. A. native　　　 B. foreigner　 C. child　　　　 D. reporter

13. A. While　　　 B. Although　　 C. Because　　　 D. Therefore

14. A. London　　　 B. British　　 C. foreign　　　 D. country

15. A. grammar　　 B. mistake　　 C. expression　 D. word

16. A. know　　　　 B. see　　　　 C. look for　　 D. speak with

17. A. welcome　　 B. help　　　　 C. teach　　　　 D. praise

18. A. expect　　　 B. scold　　　 C. show　　　　 D. think

19. A. strict　　　 B. surprised　 C. pleased　　　 D. praised

20. A. way　　　　 B. meaning　　 C. mistake　　　 D. country