Every morning at eleven, a bright new car drove through the central park in New York．Inside the car 36 a driver and his boss, a well-known millionaire（百万富翁）.
Each morning the millionaire 37 a poorly-dressed man 38 on a park bench(长凳)．The man always sat 39 staring at the hotel in which the rich man lived．One day the millionaire was so 40 in the man that he asked his driver to stop the car and he 41 to the bench．He said to the poor man, “Excuse me, 42 I just have to know why you sit staring at my hotel every morning.” “Sir, ”said the poor man, “I’m a failure．I have no job, no family and no 43 ．I sleep on this bench and every night I dream that 44 day I will sleep in this hotel.” The rich man had 45 ．He said to the poor man, “Tonight your dream will e 46 . I’ll 47 for the best room in that hotel for you for 48 .” The millionaire smiled and felt 49 of himself.
A few days 50 , the millionaire went by the poor man’s room to ask him how he 51 himself．To his great 52 , he found that the poor man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench．When the millionaire asked why, the man said, “You see, when I’m 53 here sleeping on the bench．I always dream I’m up there in the hotel．It’s a wonderful dream．But when I was up there in the hotel, I dreamed I was 54 here on this cold bench．It was 55 dream and I could not get any sleep at all.”
【小题1】A．stayed B．stoodC．sat D．seated【小题2】A．hadB．noticedC．laughedD．heard【小题3】A．thinkingB．lyingC．sittingD．resting【小题4】A．downB．upC．thereD．here【小题5】A．interestedB．surpriseC．strange D．nervous【小题6】A．rushedB．swamC．raced D．walked【小题7】A．butB．soC．andD．because【小题8】A．foodB．bedC．homeD．shoes【小题9】A．eachB．oneC．thatD．every【小题10】A．a talkB．an advice C．a friendD．an idea【小题11】A．easyB．hereC．trueD．real【小题12】A．payB．lookC．workD．prepare【小题13】A．the first timeB．two days C．two timesD．a whole month【小题14】A．pleasedB．proudC．gladD．sorry【小题15】A．pastB．agoC．laterD．before【小题16】A．likedB．enjoyedC．treatedD．satisfied【小题17】A．joyB．surpriseC．angerD．sorrow【小题18】A．downB．belowC．upD．under【小题19】A．muchB．stillC．evenD．besides【小题20】A．a terrible B．a surprised C．a movingD．an excitingC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文讲述的是一个百万富翁让一个穷人住进了一家豪华的宾馆，他却搬回到自己原来所住的长凳上。
【小题1】C 动词辨析。A待着B站立C坐着D就坐（及物动词）；车里坐着是司机和一位百万富翁。Sit在句中作谓语。
【小题2】B 动词辨析。A有B注意到C笑D听见；每天早晨他都注意到一个穷人坐在一个长凳上。
【小题3】C 动词辨析。A思考B躺C坐在D休息；这个穷人坐在长凳上在看着这个富翁所住的宾馆。
【小题4】C 上下文串联。本句的there就是指穷人坐在长凳的位置上。
【小题5】A 固定搭配。Be interested in….对…感兴趣；富翁对此是如此感兴趣以至于他让司机停车下去询问具体原因。
【小题6】D 对此辨析。A冲B游泳C奔跑D步行；他让司机停车以后下车，走向对方。
【小题7】A 固定搭配。Excuse me, but….对不起…；这是一个固定搭配，后面的but不要翻译出来。
【小题8】B 上下文串联。根据下句他睡着长凳上，说明他没有床睡觉。
【小题9】B 固定搭配。One day指将来的某一天；他梦想着将来的某一天，他能够睡着这个最好的宾馆里。
【小题10】D 词义辨析。A谈话B建议C朋友D主意；突然他有了一个主意。
【小题11】C 固定搭配。Come true实现；指梦想实现，梦想成真。
【小题12】A 动词辨析。A付钱B看C工作D准备；我付钱让你在最好的宾馆里住整整一个月。
【小题13】D 上下文串联。根据下一段A few days later说明他不算住一两天，而是让对方住一个月，是一段时间。
【小题14】B 固定搭配。Be proud of…对…感到自豪；百万富翁对自己根据很自豪，能够让这个穷人实现梦想。
【小题15】C 固定搭配。一段时间和later连用，表示“一段时间以后”。
【小题16】B 固定搭配。Enjoy oneself玩得开心；一段时间以后，他去问对方玩得是不是很开心。
【小题17】B 名词辨析。A开心B惊讶C生气D难受；让他惊讶的是对方已经搬了出去，还是到长凳上睡觉了。
【小题18】A 上下文串联。这里的down和下一行的I was up there中的up形成呼应。
【小题19】B 副词辨析。A很，十分B仍然C甚至D而且；我仍然梦想着我睡着这个冰冷的长凳上。
【小题20】A 上下文串联。他从宾馆里搬出来，就是因为这是一个很可怕的梦。