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先通读短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

A man walked into a small pub and ordered three beers. Bartender was  36  , but he served that man three beers. The very next day that man ordered three beers again. This   37   several times and shortly alter the people of the town were   38   about the man who was ordering three beers at once.

A couple of   39   later, the bartender couldn't help asking, "Sorry, but could you explain why you order three beers all the time?" The man replied. " It seems   40   , isn't it? You see, my two brothers live   41  , one is in France and the other is in Italy. We have made a(n)  42  that every time we go to pub each of us will order extra(额外的) two beers and it will help keep up the family bond(纽红带).

Soon all the town heard about the man's answer. People were telling this story to newcomers or tourists and even   43   them to that pub to look at Three Beer Man.

However, one day the man came to the pub and ordered   44   two beers. The bartender served him with bad   45  . The very next day all the town prayed(祈祷) for the soul of one of the brothers.

When the man came to pub the next time and ordered two beers again, the bartender asked him，“I'm really sad for the death of your dear brother. "The man was shocked for a moment and then replied, “Well, my two brothers are alive and well. I have just promised myself to give up drinking.”

（     )36.A. excited          B. happy             C. surprised              D. silent

（     )37.A. appeared      B. repeated        C. happened             D. ended

（     )38.A.talking           B. worrying         C. thinking               D. asking

（     )39. A hours            B. weeks             C. months                D. years

（     )40.A. easy              B. ugly                C. special                  D. strange

（     )41.A together        B. in the county  C. abroad                 D. in the city

（     )42.A. excuse          B. agreement      C. suggestion           D. mistake

（     )43. A forced          B.showed            C. pulled                   D. invited

（     )44. A. only             B. another           C. more than            D. fewer than

（     )45. A. luck             B. beer                C. service                   D. feeling

（     )When a woman says What? it,'s not because she _________you. She's giving you a chance to change what you said.

A. doesn't hear       B. didn't hear       C. hasn't heard       D. hadn't heard

（     ) Birthdays are good for you-the _________you have the longer you live.

A. many              B. much          C. more                D. most 

（     ) Abraham Lincoln once said, “Whatever you are, _________a good one.”

A.be               B. being          C. to be                 D. to being

（     ) The boy got_________more excited, making noises that could wake the dead.

A.Just              B. very             C. too                D. for

（     )--What's Jimmy like?

--You must remember him. He's the man _________ helped you find your mobile phone.

A. which            B. who             C. whose               D.不填