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26. THE TOUR GUIDE
1’m a tour guide at the Tower of London, one of the city’s Principal tourist
attractions. When you (1) ______ the public for your íírst guided tour,
“terriíying” is the word that springs to mind. I’m qui te sociable, but having
300 or (2 )______ visitors in front of you is quite daunting.
Of course, visitors (3 )______ you to know the answers to every question.
If someone asks you something (4 )______ which you don’t know the answer,
it’s mighty embarrassing. You always get the history experts. They are the
visitors who have (5 )______ an age at home or in a library researching a (6)
______ subject. When they visit the Tower, already knowing the answers,
they will ask their questions in the (7) ______of catching us out. We don’t
try (8 )______ to know the answer; if we don’t know, we (9 )_______it and ask
a colleague.
The most irritating people are those who ask really stupid questions while
their friends video our reactions. We get asked all (1 0 )______ of things, the
most common being “Where’s the lavatory?” We have a book in which we
(11) ______the silliest questions w e’ve been asked. Oíten, people just don’t
(12) _____before they speak.
You always get the odd person who’s in a bad (13) ______ and is
determined to spoil your day. We just stand there and take it. We never (14)
______our tempers, it’s not what we’re here for. We want visitors who (15)
______ a nice time and there’s nothing better than when someone says,
“Great, it’s been a wonderful day.”

1. A.face B.cope c. bear D. oppose
2. A. lurther B. other c. so D. even
3. A. predict B. expect c.suppose D. loresee
4. A. that B. of c.such D. to
5. A. spent B. afforded c. concentrated D. lasted
6. A. liked B. pet c. precious D. close

7. A. wish B. desire c. hope D. aim
8. A. lying B. pretending c. acting D. deceiving
9. A. cooperate B. tolerate c. let D. admit
10. A. forms B. orders c. sorts D. cases
11. A. enter B. commit c. enrol D. compose
12. A. judge B. think c. attend D. examine
13. A. nature B. feeling c. emotion D. mood
14. A. fail B. forget c. lose D. miss
15. A. gain B. make c.take D. have

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