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　When Mr Smith was retired, he bought a small cottage in a seaside village． The cottage was built in 1584, but was in very good condition．Mr Smith was looking forward to a quiet life, but in the summer holidays he got a shock． Hundreds of tourists came to the seaside village． Mr Smith's cottage was the most interesting building in the village and many of the tourists came to watch it． From morning till night there were a lot of tourists outside the cottage． They kept looking through windows and many of them even went into Mr Smith's garden． This was too much for Mr Smith． He decided to drive the unwelcome visitors off, so he put up a notice in the window． The notice said：“If you want to satisfy your curiosity, come in and have a look．The price：ten pence!” Mr Smith was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong． The number of visitors increased and Mr Smith spent every day showing them round his cottage． In the end he sold the cottage and bought a small modern house． It was an uninteresting little place and no one wanted to see it． But it was certainly quiet and peaceful．

1．Why did Mr Smith buy a small cottage in a seaside village after he was retired?

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A．Because he wanted to earn more money．

B．Because he liked to swim．

C．Because he wanted to live a quiet life．

D．Because he liked the village．

2．The cottage Mr Smith bought was built ______．

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A．in the sixteenth century　　　B．in the fifteenth century

C．1584 years ago　　　　　 D．thousands of years ago

3．Many of the tourists were so interested in the cottage that ______．　　　

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A．they wanted to buy it

B．they stayed there from morning till night

C．they stayed outside the cottage all day long

D．they went into Mr Smith's garden

4．In order to drive the unwelcome visitors off, Mr Smith _____．　　　

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A．put up a notice in the window

B．taught them a lesson

C．showed them around his garden

D．asked them to leave his cottage at once