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As the train approached the seaside town where I was going to spend my holidays, I went into the
corridor to __1_ my legs. I stayed there a short while, breathing in the fresh sea air and __2_ a few
words with one of the passengers, whom I had met earlier on the __3_.
When I turned to go back to __4__, I happened to glance into the compartment (车厢) next to mine.
Sitting there was a man who many years before had been my neighbour. He was a great __5__, I
remembered; it used to take hours to __6__ him once he began a conversation. I was not at all __7__
when he went to live in another part of London. We had not met since then, __8__ did I wish to meet
him now, when __9__ was about to begin.
Luckily at that moment he was  10   busy talking to the man opposite him to catch sight of me. I
slipped back into my compartment, took down my two suitcases and carried them to the far end of the
corridor so as to be ready to  11  the train as soon as it stopped. The moment the train came to a halt
(停止), I called a porter, who in no time at all had carried my luggage out of the station and  12  me a
taxi. As I drove towards my small hotel on the outskirts of the town, I breathed a deep sigh of relief at
my   13  . There was little chance that I should   14  my boring exneighbour again.
When I reached the hotel, I went   15  to my room and rested there until it was time for dinner. Then
I went down to the dining room and  16   a drink. I had barely raised the glass to my lips  17  an all
too familiar voice greeted me. I had not escaped from the tiresome neighbour  18   ! He grasped me
warmly by the hand and insisted that we  19  a table in the dinningroom. "This is a pleasant  20  ," he
said. "I never expected to see you again after  all these years."

(     )1．A. reach               (     )2．A. exchanging           (     )3．A. fruit stand         (     )4．A. the station         (     )5．A. talker               (     )6．A. get rid of           (     )7．A. happy               (     )8．A. so                   (     )9．A. holiday             (     )10．A. very               (     )11．A. get on             (     )12．A. found               (     )13．A. good luck           (     )14．A. lose in touch with (     )15．A. carelessly         (     )16．A. ordered             (     )17．A. while               (     )18．A. above all           (     )19．A. spare               (     )20．A. surprise

B. extend             B. changing           B. department store   B. my seat             B. poet               B. take care of       B. afraid             B. no                 B. school day         B. too                 B. stay on             B. gave               B. nice choice         B. run into           B. aimlessly           B. requested           B. before             B. after all           B. rent               B. interview

C. stretch         C. talking through C. bus stop         C. the waiting room C. speaker         C. get away from   C. sorry           C. not             C. work day         C. so               C. catch           C. offered         C. narrow escape   C. knock down       C. idly             C. fetched         C. when             C. first of all     C. reserve         C. appointment

D. loosen                 D. talking about         D. station platform       D. the office             D. hero                   D. pay attention to       D. content               D. nor                   D. conversation           D. much                   D. get off               D. bought                 D. bad fortune           D. catch up with         D. straight               D. asked                 D. after                 D. in all                 D. share                 D. party

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