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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（25）题答案
A、only
B、sharp
C、sweet
D、last
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：根据原文描述，主人公在11:30回到酒店时，周围一片漆黑，他敲门但无人回应，唯一的声音是对面教堂的钟声突然响起。这表明此刻周围非常安静，只有教堂的钟声可以听到。因此，在描述这个钟声时，使用“only”表示“唯一的，仅有的”最为合适。 A选项“only”意为“只有”，符合上下文的语境，表示在那个寂静的时刻，只有教堂的钟声在回荡。 B选项“sharp”意为“尖锐的”，虽然钟声可以是尖锐的，但在这里用“sharp”描述钟声并不能准确表达“唯一”的意思。 C选项“sweet”意为“甜美的”，通常用来形容声音悦耳动听，与原文中描述的钟声并不相符。 D选项“last”意为“最后的”，虽然钟声可能是那个时间段最后的声音，但原文并没有强调这一点，因此“last”也不是最佳选项。 综上所述，根据原文的语境和描述，第（25）题的正确答案应为A选项“only”。