I
was shown into the waiting-room which, as
I had expected, was full.Any
waiting-room--especially a dentist’s --is not the best place in the world to
1_____ an afternoon.No
matter how hard a dentist(牙医)tries
to make his waiting–room look 2_____, it always has an atmosphere of its
own-the unpleasant smell and disordered(混乱的)3_____ in the room.
This
waiting-room was no exception.There
were 4_____ pictures on the wall and the magazines on the table 5____ like a
great pile of waste paper.I took
my 6____ and decided to pass the time 7______ the people around me.
A
little man beside me was 8_____ the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously.It was 9_____ to understand what he was
looking at, for 10____ three minutes or so he would throw the magazine onto the
11_____, take another, and sink back into his chair.Opposite me there was a young mother who
was trying to 12____ her son from making a 13_____.He had placed an ash-tray(烟灰缸)on the floor and was making
plane-noises 14____he waved a pencil in his hands.The boy had clearly become uninterested in 15______.Near him, and old man was fast asleep,
and the boy’s mother was 16_____ sooner or later her son would 17____ the
gentleman up.There was a deep
silence in the room as the door opened and a nurse 18____.The people looked 19_____ with hope in
their eyes, then murmured something as the next luckly 20_____ was led out of
the room.
1.A.spend B.take
C.cost
D.stay
2.A.unpleasant B.happy
C.funny
D.pleasant
3.A.teeth
B.people C.things D.books
4.A.dirty
B.nice
C.valuable D.modern
5.A.tasted B.sounded C.looked D.felt
6.A.chair
B.seat
C.bench
D.desk
7.A.talking with
B.watching C.thinking about D.listening to
8.A.turning over
B.counting C.looking up D.looking at
9.A.interesting
B.possible C.easy
D.hard
10.A.each
B.every
C.about
D.certain
11. A.chair
B.floor
C.bed
D.table
12.A.prevent
B.allow
C.forbid D.fight
13.A.song
B.noise
C.mistake D.model plane
14.A.as
B.if
C.so
D.though
15.A.reading
B.talking C.waiting D.singing
16.A.sure
B.sorry
C.angry
D.afraid
17.A.make
B.wake
C.call
D.turn
18.A.left
B.entered C.smiled D.spoke
19.A.down
B.around C.up
D.behind
20.A.patient
B.doctor C.boy
D.mother