When I woke next morning, I was dying of 　　16　 . I seemed to have a hole instead of a 　　17　 .I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room.It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen! 　　18　 , I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better 　　19　 　there than in any other hotel; and that was 　　20　 　I wanted just then.

　The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared 　　21　 　carefully for what I must 　　22　 . I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure　 23　 　“breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right 　　24　 　and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.

The waiter asked me 　25　 　I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a 　26　 　way. so I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was 　27　 　that English people didn’t understand their language.The waiter 　28　 　his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter－enough to feed a small army and went away. But I was hungry, and I left 　29　 .

When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little 　30　 , but you can never 　31　 . What a waiter’s face really shows.In another minute he brought 　32　 　tray with some bacon (熏肉) and some eggs. He 　33　 　have misunderstood me, but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language, so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate. Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room at least five pound　 34 . I never believed until then that any meal could 　35　 　me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).

16. A hunger　　　 B. cold　　　　 C.anger　　　　 　 　　D. illness

17. A. stone　　　 　B. head　　　　 　 C. breast　 　　 　　　　D. stomach

18. A. Therefore　　 B. Otherwise　　 C. So　　 　　 　　　　D. However

19. A. received　　　 B. fed　　　　 　　 C. cared　 　　 　　　　D. eating

20. A. just　　　 　　　 B. what　　　　　　　 C. that　　　　　　 　　 　　D. why

21. A. English　　　 B. meal　　 　　 C. questions　 　 　　　D. myself

22. A. speak　　　 　B. answer　 　　 C. say　　　　　 　 　　D. explain

23. A. that　 　　　　B. about　　　　 C. of　　　　　 　　　 　D. to

24. A. pronunciation　 B. meaning　　 　C. form　 　　　　　　 　　D. spelling

25. A. whether　　　　　　　 　 B. something　　 　C. when　　　 　　　 　　D. what

26. A. surprised　　　 　 B. friendly　　　　 C. puzzled　　　　 　　D. touched

27. A. unbelievable　 　B. true　　　　　　　 　 　　　C. thought　　　　 　　D. a pity

28. A waved　　　　 　B. shook　　　　 　 C. bowed　　　　 　　D. patted

29. A. much　　　 　B. a little　　　　 C. nothing　　　　 　　D. empty

30. A. pleasure　 　　B. surprise　　　 C. pride　　 　　　　 　D. satisfaction

31. A. tell　　　 　　B. guess　　　　　 C. design　　　　 　　D. express

32. A. other 　　　　B. another　　　　 　C. more　　　　　 　　D. me

33. A. should　 　　　 B. might　　 　　　　 C. would　　　　 　　D. must

34. A. lighter　　　 B. heavier　　　 　　C. weightier　　 　 　　D. more

35. A. hurt　　　 　B. fat　　　 　　　　C. defeat　　　 　 　D. please

15. With dinner ______, the lady went on ______ some sewing.

A. to prepare; to do　　　 B. preparing; doing C. prepared; to do　 D. prepared; doing

14. _______ in the mountains for a week, the two students were finally saved by the local police.　

A. Having lost　　　　　　　　　　 B. Lost　　 C. Being lost　　　　　　　　　　 D. Losing

13. To understand the grammar of the sentence you must break it _____into parts.

　A. down　　　 　 B. up　　　　　 C. off　　　　　　 D. out

12. Five books on the shelf are found ______.

　A. tear　 　　 B. tearing 　　 C. tore　　 　 D. torn

11. The girl looked at me with a _____ expression. Maybe the problem was quite _____.

A. puzzled; puzzling　　　　　　 B. puzzling; puzzled

C. puzzled; puzzled　　　　　　　 D. puzzling; puzzling

10. _________ and happy, Tom stood up and accepted the prize.

A. surprising　　 B. Surprised　 C. Being surprised　 D. To be surprised

9. Mary _________ a lot of French by playing with the native boys and girls.

A. pick up　　 B.made up　　 C. turned up　　 D. broke up

8. Elder brother as he is, he is 　　　　　to assist his sisters with study.

A. unbearable　 　　 B. uncertain　 C. unwilling　　　　 　 D. unusual

7. It 　　　　　to do exercises in the morning for our health.

A. makes sense　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. makes no difference　

C. makes contributions　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. makes appointments