题目内容：

One dark stormy night, an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether they could be  36  for the night, “I’m very sorry,” the clerk on night shift said politely, “we are all  37 tonight.  38 ,you could stay in my room if you don’t mind. I’m  39 ,so I’ll be here.” The young man gave the sincere advice.

The elderly couple accepted his  40  with gratitude. They apologized for the  41  they had caused him. The next day, the rain stopped and it  42 . When the old gentleman went to pay his bill, the same clerk said, “The room you and your wife stayed in is not a proper   43  room in this hotel, so you don’t need to pay.”

The old gentleman nodded in  44  : “You are an employee that every boss in the hotel business would dream of . Perhaps someday I’ll build a hotel for you.” The clerk was  45  but, deciding that the guest must have been  46  , he gave the remark  47 thought.

Two years later, the young man received a letter from the old gentleman, in which he  48 the experience of that dark stormy night. The letter also  49 a formal invitation, asking that young man to pay a visit.

At a street corner in Manhattan, the young man met his  50  guest. The old gentleman, pointing to a magnificent new building  51  over the crossroads, “Look, that is the hotel I 52 to build for you. I hope you will  53  it for me .Remember what I said then? Well, I was  54  about it.”

The young man stammered, “But…will there be any   55 , sir? Why do you choose me? And who are you?”

“My name is William Aster.” This building was none other than the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a symbol of supreme status and honor in New York.

1.A. put up         B. put away             C. stay up      D. set up

2.A. preserved      B. conserved            C. booked       D. occupied

3.A. Meanwhile      B. Moreover         C. Otherwise        D. However

4.A. on duty            B. on display       C. on stage         D. on hand

5.A. service            B. view              C. offer       D. invitation

6.A. Instruction        B. consideration     C. Inconvenience D.interruption

7.A. cleared away       B. picked out   C. cleaned up       D. cleared up

8.A. living         B. double           C. admirable        D. luxury

9.A. appreciation       B. admiration       C. surprise D. excitement

10.A. excite            B. skeptical    C. annoyed          D. respectful

11.A. lacking           B. covering     C. joking           D. cheating

12.A. not more      B. no more           C. some            D. another

13.A. described     B. stated       C. recited              D. recalled

14.A. swapped           B. included         C. attached     D. added

15.A. former            B. original     C. formal           D. primitive

16.A. displaying        B. towering         C. flying           D. hovering

17.A. determined        B. promised         C. tended           D. intended

18.A. get               B. keep              C. manage          D. make

19.A. sensitive     B. concerned            C .curious      D. serious

20.A. Scene         B.situation         C.condition         D. occasion