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　　An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London．“What’s that strange building？”asked the visitor．“That’s the tower(塔)of London．”“I see．How long did it take to build it？”“About 500 years．”“In my country we can build it in five months，”said the visitor．A short time after that they came to St. Paul’s Cathedral(大教堂)．“Very interesting！”said the visitor．“How long did it take to build it？”“Nearly forty years，”said the Englishman．“In my country we can finish it in forty days，”said the visitor．This went on all day．They visited most of the best known buildings in the city．Every time they saw a new one，the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it．Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country．At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it．A few days later they came to the House of Parliament(议会大厦)and the visitor asked his usual question，“What’s that？”The Englishman answered，“I’ve no idea．It wasn’t there last night．”

(1)

The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around ________．
[　　]
A．	the Tower of London
B．	St. Paul’s Cathedral
C．	some famous buildings in London
D．	the whole city of London

(2)

The visitor said that in his country it would take them________ to build St．Paul’s Cathedral．
[　　]
A．	less than half a year
B．	more than a month
C．	five hundred years
D．	forty years

(3)

The Englishman’s last answer showed he________．
[　　]
A．	was sorry that he hadn’t seen the building before
B．	could say nothing because he didn’t know anything about it
C．	was not happy and decided to give him a surprising answer
D．	didn’t know how to tell the visitor the name of the building

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　　An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London．“What’s that strange building?” asked the visitor．“That’s the Tower of London．” “I see．How long did it take to build it?” “About 500 years．” “In my country we can build it in five months,” Shortly after that they came to St．Paul’s Cathedral(大教堂)．“Very interesting!” said the visitor．“How long did it take to build it ?” “Near forty years．”said the Englishman．“In my country we can finish it in forty days at most,” said the visitor．This went on all day．

　　They visited most of the best known buildings in the city．Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it．Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country．

　　At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it．Several days later they came to the House of Parliament(议会)and the visitor asked his usual question, “What is that?”The Englishman answered,‘I have no idea．It wasn’t there last night．’

(1)

The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around ________ one day．
[　　]
A．	The Tower of London
B．	St．Paul’s Cathedral
C．	Some famous buildings in the city
D．	The whole city of London

(2)

The visitor said that in his country it would take them ________ to build the Tower of London．
[　　]
A．	less than half a year
B．	forty days
C．	five hundred years
D．	fifty days

(3)

It took them a few days to see ________．
[　　]
A．	some of the best known buildings in England
B．	several best known places in England
C．	many famous houses in the city of London
D．	most of the best known buildings in London

(4)

The Englishman was angry by the end of the day, but he ________．
[　　]
A．	didn’t want to say anything
B．	tried to show it to the visitor
C．	had no time to tell the visitor
D．	tried not to show it to the visitor

(5)

The Englishman’s answer to the question of the last place showed ________．
[　　]
A．	he was sorry that he hadn’t seen the building before
B．	he could say nothing because he didn’t know anything about it
C．	he was angry and didn’t want to tell the visitor its name
D．	he didn’t know how to tell the visitor the name of the building

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