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摘要：59．Ashenden cried 'Impossible' after hearing the Colonel's story because he thought . A. it could not possibly happen B. it was too embarrassing C. it was too close to fiction D. it was too recent B Heading back to the room for dinner and a hot shower may sound like the act of a tired tourist, but in the traditional Japanese inn --- or ryokan --- those activities can be as interesting as anything along the sightseeing trail. “People going looking for a sort of nostalgic ,old-fashioned, traditional view of Japanese life will find it most easily in a ryokan, said Peter Grilli, president of Japan Society of Boston, Massachusetts. Many ryokan sprang up in the 17th century to put up feudal lords traveling along Tokaido highway to Edo . Today tourists looking for a taste of the country’s historic lifestyle find varying levels of understated elegant in ryokan throughout the country. A typical stay starts with a greeting from the inn’s staff and a change from street shoes into slippers. An attendant leads guests to their rooms, where slippers are removed before walking on the rice straw flooring, called tatami. Walking slowly along behind a kimono-clad attendant on the creaky wood floods of Fukuzumiro ryokan’s hallways is like stepping back in time. The inn was established in 1890 by a former samurai. Tim Paterson, 33, a banker living in Tokyo, has stayed at several ryokan. This New Zealand native leaves after a recent stay at Fukuzumiro. “I think it’s quite good mixing culture with history and not just going to see it, but living in it, staying in it. he said. Sliding glass doors line the inn’s rural hallways, bringing in the sound of trickling water and the quietness of the stone and tree-filled courtyards outside.

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The Colonel asks Ashenden a good many questions and then suggested that he had particular qualifications for the Secret Service. Ashenden knew several European languages and the fact that he was a writer provided excellent cover: on the pretext that he was writing a book he could, without attracting attention, visit any neutral country.

It was while they were discussing this point that the Colonel said, "You know you might get material that would be very useful to you in your work. I'll tell you an incident that occurred only recently. Very dramatic. A foreign government minister went down to a Mediterranean resort to recover from a cold and he had some very important documents with him that he kept in a dispatch case(公文箱). A day or two after he arrived, he picked up a beautiful blonde at some restaurant or other, and he got very friendly with her. He took her back to his hotel, and when he came to himself in the morning, the lady and the dispatch-case had disappeared. They had one or two drinks up in his room and his theory is that when his back was turned the woman slipped a drug in his glass.

"Do you mean to say that happened the other day?" said Ashenden.

"The week before last."

"Impossible," cried Ashenden. "Why! We've been putting that incident on the stage for sixty years, we've written it in a thousand novels. Do you mean to say that life has only just caught up with us?"

"Well, I can guarantee the truth of the story." said the Colonel, "And believe me, the government has been put to no end of trouble by the loss of the documents."

"Well sir, if you can't do better than that in the Secret Service," sighed Ashenden, " I'm afraid that as a source of inspiration to the writer of fiction, it's washout."

51． How did the Colonel suggest that Ashenden's being a writer would relate to his work as a spy?

A. It would make traveling abroad more possible.

B. It would make it easier for him to meet people.

C. It would enable him to avoid arousing suspicion.

D. It would enable him to use the languages he knew.

52．The reason for the Minister's trip was ________ .

A. to fetch some documents B. to get over an illness

C. to meet a spy D. to deliver some papers

53．According to the Colonel the incident happened _______ .

A. a few days before B. a few weeks before

C. two weeks before D. sixty years before

54．Ashenden cried 'Impossible' after hearing the Colonel's story because he thought ______ .

A. it could not possibly happen B. it was too embarrassing

C. it was too close to fiction D. it was too recent

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