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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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