An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London．“What’s that strange building?” asked the visitor．“That’s the Tower of London．”

“I see． l  did it take to build it?”

“About 500 years．”

“In my country we can build it in five months．” said the visitor．

A short time  2  , they came to St．Paul’s Cathedral(圣保罗大教堂)．

“Very interesting!” said the visitor．

“How long did it take to build it?”

“Nearly forty  3  ” said the Englishman．

“In my country we can finish it  4  forty days, ”said the visitor．

They went on all day．They visited most of the best known buildings in the city．Every time they saw a new one．the visitor asked  5  it was and how long it took to build it．Then he said that they could do the same thing much  6  in his country． 7  the Englishman got angry  8 the visitor though he tried not to show it．A few days later they came to the House of  Parliament(议会大厦)and the visitor asked the  9  question．“What’s that?” The Englishman answered．“I’ve no  10 ．It  wasn’t there last night．”

1．A．How often        B．How soon              C．How long             D．How much

2．A．after             B．before                   C．1ater                      D．as soon as

3．A．dollars                   B．days                    C．yuan                      D．years

4．A．with                      B．in                        C．after                             D．on

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

6．A．quickly                  B．faster                   C．slowly                   D．more slowly

7．A．At first                  B．At last                  C．At the end              D．By the end

8．A．of                         B．to                        C．about                     D．with

9．A．same                     B．exactly                 C．difficult                  D．easy

10．A．money                 B．knowledge           C．idea                       D．tour