1 . Recently a Russian friend came to visit me. It was one of her lifelong dreams to visit London. She ______ at lunchtime and we ______ a tiring afternoon going round the Tower of London. ______, by 5 o'clock I couldn’t help ______ that she didn’t seem as enthusiastic as she had been ______. I asked if ______ was wrong and she said, “This is all very interesting but where is the ______ and where are the men in bowler hats (圆顶礼帽)? Why did everyone _____ to get on the bus at the bus stop instead of making a queue? It’s very ______ from the books I’ve read about England.”
Her______ made me think. It’s true that people don’t ______ much any more: nowadays you often find that everyone just jumps on the bus. Or maybe this is only in London. Also the idea of a man standing up and offering his______ to a woman on a train or bus is ______ these days, although my father still does it!
Speaking of the______: well, we all know that a hundred years ago there used to be fog all year round in London, but we______ have much fog; nowadays we have pollution from all the cars! Over the last few years in_____ London had been one of the hottest places in Europe, although we still get more than enough rain in the season.
What about the city men in their working “uniform”? Well, you can still see some city gentlemen in their smart ______ , but men hardly ever_____ bowler hats. A few things don’t ______, though. If you try to______ a conversation with an English person on the underground in London, she or he will probably look at you as if you were mad!
1. | A．left | B．went | C．arrived | D．returned |
2. | A．lost | B．spent | C．took | D．wasted |
3. 4. | A．looking | B．understanding | C．watching | D．noticing |
5. | A．earlier | B．later | C．recently | D．usual |
6. | A．all | B．everything | C．nothing | D．something |
7. | A．ticket | B．picture | C．fog | D．uniform |
8. 9. | A．different | B．similar | C．familiar | D．strange |
10. | A．notes | B．records | C．comments | D．lists |
11. | A．stop | B．queue | C．stand | D．wait |
12. 13. | A．unusual | B．polite | C．different | D．common |
14. | A．air | B．weather | C．pollution | D．season |
15. | A．sooner or later | B．no more | C．no sooner | D．no longer |
16. | A．autumn | B．spring | C．summer | D．winter |
17. | A．dress | B．suits | C．jackets | D．shirts |
18. | A．wear | B．mend | C．prepare | D．buy |
19. | A．remain | B．continue | C．turn | D．change |
20. | A．finish | B．start | C．stop | D．break |
