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When Mr. Smith retired, he bought a small1in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a
quiet life in this house.
2to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer vacations because it was the
most3building in the village. From morning to night there were many4outside the house. They
looked into the rooms through the windows and5of them went into Mr. Smith's garden. This made
Mr. Smith really unhappy. He decided to ask the visitors to6 . So he put a notice (告示) on the window.
The notice said, '7you want to know the house well,come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.'
Mr. Smith was sure that the visitors would8coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came
and Mr. Smith had to9every day showing them around his house.'I came here to retire not to work as
a guide,' he said angrily.
10 , he sold the house and moved away.
( )1. A. garden
( )2. A. But
( )3. A. big
()4. A. children
()5. A. no
()6. A. come
()7. A. If
()8. A. go on
( )9. A. take
()10. A. At firstB. shop
B. So
B. interesting
B. students
B. few
B. leave
B. For
B. stop
B. make
B. In the endC. house
C. And
C. small
C. friends
C. many
C. stay
C. Because
C. keep
C. spend
C. Of courseD. school
D. Never
D. clean
D. tourists
D. much
D. play
D. As
D. get
D. pay
D. At the beginning