Question

  When Mr. David retired (退休) , he bought a small house in a village near the sea . He liked it and hoped to live a quier lift in it .

   But to his great surprise , many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays , for it was the most interesting building in the village . From morning to night there were tourists outside the house . They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden . This was too much for Mr. David . He decided to drive the visitors away . So he put a notice on the window . The notice said “If you want to satify your curiosity (好奇心) , came in and look round . Price : twenty dollars .” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming , but he was wrong . More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house . “I came here to recite , not to work as a guide , ” he said angrily . In the end , he sold the house and moved away .

1.Mr. David’s house was so ________ that many tourists came to see it .

    A. small   B. quiet    C. interesting    D. surprising

2.Mr. David put a notice on the window in order to _________ .

A. drive the visitors away     B. satisfy the visitor’s curiosity

C.let visitors come in and look round D. get some money out of the visitors

3.The notice made the visitors___________.

A. more interested in his house  

B. lose interest in his house

C. angry at the unfair price

D. feel happy about the price  

4.After Mr. David put up the notice ___________ .

    A. the visitors didn’t come any longer    

B. more and more tourists came for a visit    

C. no tourists would pay the money for a visit  

D. fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house

5.At last he had to sell his house and moved away because _________.

    A. he did not like it at all     

B. he could not work as a guide

C. he wanted to buy a new expensive house

D. he could not live a quiet life in it

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C2.A3.A4.B5.D

【解析】略