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【题目】Three men arrived in New York for a holiday. They stayed in a very large hotel and their room was on the forty-fifth floor. In the evening, they went to the theatre and came back l【1】.

“I’m very sorry,” said the attendant (服务员) of the hotel. “The l【2】 are not working tonight. Do you want to walk up to your room or sleep in the hall for the night?”

“Oh!” said one of the three, “We do not want to sleep in the hall. We’ll walk up to our room.” He t【3】 to his two friends and said, “I think we can walk up to our room more e【4】. On the way, I’ll tell you some jokes; then you, Alan, will sing us some songs and then you, Peter, will tell us some interesting stories.” Then they b【5】 to walk up to their room. Tom told the jokes. Alan sang the songs. At last they came to the forty-fourth floor. They felt t【6】 and stopped to have a rest. “Well,” said Tom, “It’s your turn now, Peter. Please tell us a long and interesting story with a sad end.”

“OK, I’ll tell you a sad story,” said Peter. “It is not long, but it’s the s【7】 story of all. WE LEFT THE KEY TO OUR ROOM IN THE HALL.”

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【答案】

【1】late

【2】lifts

【3】told

【4】easily

【5】began

【6】tired

【7】sad

【解析】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述晚上时，电梯坏了，三个人费了半天劲才爬到45楼，但又把钥匙落在大厅了。

【1】句意“晚上他们去了剧院，回来得很晚”。late晚，根据句意以及首字母可知，故填late。

【2】句意“今天电梯坏了”。根据Do you want to walk up to your room or sleep in the hall for the night?” 可知，lift电梯，且空前有are，空处为复数，故填lifts。

【3】句意“他告诉他的朋友说，我想我们可以很容易地走到我们的房间”。tell告诉，且本文为一般过去时，故填told。

【4】句意“他告诉他的朋友说，我想我们可以很容易地走到我们的房间”。easy容易的。且空处修饰walk up，用副词，故填easily。

【5】句意“然后他们开始爬楼梯到他们的房间”。begin开始，本文为一般过去时，根据句意以及首字母可知，故填began。

【6】句意“他们很累然后停下来休息一下”。根据文章可知，用tired，故填tired。

【7】句意“故事不长，但是是一个悲伤的故事”。根据下文可知，故填sad。