Question

An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. “What’s that strange 1    ?’’ asked

the visitor. “That’s the Tower of London.” “I see. How 2 did it take you to build it?” “About 50 years.” “In our country we could build it 3 five months,” said the visitor. Shortly after that they came to St. Paul’s Cathedral. “Very interesting!” said the visitor. “How long did it take you to build it?” “Nearly forty 4 said the Englishman. “In our country we could 5 it in forty days at most,” said the visitor. This 6 on all day. They visited most of the 7 buildings in the city. Every time they saw a 8_ 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 9 in his country. At last the Englishman got very angry with the visitor. A few days later they came to the House of Parliament and the visitor asked his usual questions, “What’s that?” The Englishman answered, “I’ve no idea. It was built last 10

(    )    1. A. museum    B.    shop    C.    room    D.    building

(    )2.    A.    long    B.    much    C.    far    D.    fast

(    )3.    A.    after    B.    in    C.    on    D.    from

(    )    4.    A.    hours    B.    weeks    C.    years    D.    days

(    )5.    A.    wait    B.    finish    C.    arrive    D.    get

(    )6.    A.    lasted    B.    started    C.    went    D.    worked

(    )    7.    A.    famous    B.    small    C.    big    D.    strange

(    )8.    A.    strange    B.    new    C.    small    D.    tall

(    )9.    A.    slowly    B.    better    C.    carefully    D.    faster

(    )    10.    A.    month    B.    century    C.    night    D.    year

Answer 1

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