There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book   1   hand. Of course, we may   2   with our guide-books the history and   3   developments of a town and get to know them.   4   then, if we take out time and   5   in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we   6   it as a whole, we begin to have some   7   ,which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just   8   this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets   9    in this particular way, and not in any   10   why?

   Here even the best guide-book   11   us. One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the   12   appearance. It may not describe the original (最初的)   13   of a town. However, one may get some idea of what I   14   look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine   15   the town was first planned and. Then one can learn more about in what direction the town   16   to develop.

   What is the   17   of studying towns in the way? For me, it is   18   that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A   19   visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive   20   just reading about it in a guide-book.

1. A. in                      B.                        C. by                         D. on

2. A. write                B. study               C. tell                        D. remember

3. A. strange               B. similar              C. separate                   D. special

4. A. But                 B. Before             C. Since                     D. Until

5. A. look at            B. work              C. stay                      D. wail

6. A. look at               B. look after          C. look for               D. look up

7. A. ideas           B. opinions            C. feelings               D. questions

8. A. of                B. for                  C. like                D. at

9. A. open                    B. an                   C. begin                 D. move

10. A. one                    B. more               C. other                  D. such

11. A. helps                 B. tricks               C. fails                  D. satisfies

12. A. old                    B. mortal           C. first                D. present

13. A. capital                B. meaning           C. design              D. change

14. A. used to               B. seemed to         C. had to              D. happened to

15. A. what                  B. how                C. when              D. where

16. A. stops                 B. appears            C. starts              D. continues

17. A. point                  B. view               C. problem             D. difficulty

18. A. needy                B. simply              C. generally            D. bacilli

19. A. eatery                B. formal              C. group              D. personal

20. A. from                  B. than              C. through            D. with