The Water City of Venice

In 1980s, I went to Italy for business. One day, I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in neighboring town of Venice (威尼斯), Italy, the city of lights and__________.

As we enjoyed our coffee, a young man__________ glasses entered and sat at an empty table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his order saying, “Two cups of coffee, one of them there__________ the wall. ”

We heard this order with interest and found that he __________ with one cup of coffee but he paid for two.

When he left, the waiter_________ a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”.

While we were still there. __________ middle aged men entered and ordered three cups of coffee. two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but _______________________three and left. This time also, the waiter did the same. He put a piece of paper on the wall saying, “A Cup of Coffee. ”

It was ________ and perplexing (困惑) for us. We finished our coffee, paid the bill and left.

After a few days, we had a chance _________ this coffee shop again. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man ________ dresses entered. As he seats himself, he _______________ the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.”

The waiter served coffee to this man with the customary(慣常的) respect. The man had his coffee and left _________ paying.

We were amazed to watch all this, as the waiter________a piece of paper from the wall and throw it into the rubbish bin.

Now it was no________for us—the matter was very clear. The inhabitants(居民) of this town showed great respect for the poor, then it________our eyes well up in tears.

Many years later, when I went to Venice for business again, I did the same thing as my appreciation to this beautiful world.

1.A. food B. noodles C. water D. coffee

2.A. wearing B. putting on C. wore D. put on

3.A. in B. besides C. next to D. on

4.A. served B. was served C. was serving D. would serve

5.A. put B. took C. got D. saw

6.A. two another B. other two C. more two D. two other

7.A. didn’t spend B. spent C. didn’t pay for D. paid for

8.

A. strange something B. something strange

C. funny something D. something funny

9.A. to arrive B. reached C. to go to D. got to

10.A. richly B. seriously C. poorly D. pretty

11.A. looked through B. looked at C. looked over D. looked up

12.A. with B. for C. without D. by

13.A. took off B. took on C. took after D. took back

14.A. choice B. surprise C. excitement D. sadness

15.A. hurt B. got C. made D. stood

1.C 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.A 6.D 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.C 11.B 12.C 13.A 14.B 15.C 【解析】文章講述了一次作者去一家咖啡店遇到一件奇怪的事情。有的顧客總要多給一份咖啡的錢，然后服務員就往墻上貼一張紙條，上面寫著“一杯咖啡”。一次作者有機會再去那家咖啡店，看到一個...
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