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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（35）题答案
A、an end
B、a saying
C、a joke
D、a pause
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：在原文中，当年轻人在早餐时告诉老板娘他几乎一夜未眠时，老板娘生气地指责他整夜都在喝酒，并给对话“put an end to”，即“结束了对话”。这里的“put an end to”是一个固定短语，意思是“结束、终止”。根据上下文，老板娘在听到年轻人的抱怨后，并没有继续和他讨论，而是选择了结束对话，因此选项A“an end”是正确答案。 选项B“a saying”表示“一句谚语”，但在这个语境中并没有出现任何谚语或名言，所以不符合题意。 选项C“a joke”表示“一个笑话”，但在这个语境中，老板娘并不是在开玩笑，而是对年轻人的抱怨表示不满和愤怒，因此这个选项也不合适。 选项D“a pause”表示“一个暂停”，虽然对话可能在此处暂停，但老板娘并没有打算继续对话，而是选择结束它，所以“pause”也不符合原文的意图。 因此，根据上下文和固定短语的含义，可以确定答案为A：“an end”。