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I once went to a town in the north of England on business. It was about 7:30 in the evening when I reached the hotel.The manageress,a strict old lady of?about 60,showed me to my room.When I asked her what time dinner was,she said there was only?one sitting at 6:30,and I had_____21_____it. "Never mind,"I said."I′m not very hungry.I′11 just have a drink in the bar(酒吧)and a?sandwich." "Bar!"she____22______her voice."This is a respectable hotel,young man.If you want beer,you?must go somewhere else."She spoke____23______a glass of beer was a dangerous drug. I went to a bar and had some beer and sandwiches and then went to the cinema.At about 11:30 I_____24_____.Everything was in darkness.I knocked at the door,but nothing happened.The_____25_____sound?was the′church clock opposite,which suddenly struck the half-hour with such force that it made me?jump._____26_____a window opened upstairs.The old lady_____27_____and asked me what was going on.I?explained who I was and she let me_____28_____after ten minutes′wait.She was in her nightdress.She?told me seriously that guests were_____29_____to be back in the hotel by 11 o′clock. I went to bed but could not sleep.Every quarter of an hour the church clock struck and at midnight the whole hotel shook with the noise.Just before dawn,I finally_____30_____ When I arrived at breakfast,everyone else had nearly_____31_____and there was not enough coffee?to go round. "Did you_____32_____well,young man?"the old lady asked. "_____33_____,I don′t think I could go through another night in that room,"I replied."I hardly?slept at all." "That"s because you were_____34_____all night drinking!"she said angrily,putting____35______to the?conversation. 第（24）题答案
A、went to bed
B、walked to a club
C、returned to the hotel
D、drove to a restaurant
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：根据原文的描述，作者去了一家位于英格兰北部的酒店，并在晚上7:30左右到达。随后，他询问了晚餐的时间，但被告知晚餐只有6:30的一场，他已经错过了。之后，作者决定去酒吧吃点三明治，并去看电影。 在第24题中，文章提到：“At about 11:30 I _____24_____. Everything was in darkness. I knocked at the door, but nothing happened.” 这意味着作者在大约11:30回到了酒店，发现一片漆黑，并敲门但无人应答。因此，最符合逻辑和语境的答案应该是C选项“returned to the hotel”，即作者回到了酒店。 其他选项A“went to bed”去睡觉，B“walked to a club”走到一个俱乐部，D“drove to a restaurant”开车去餐厅，都不符合原文的描述和逻辑。因此，正确答案是C。