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完型填空
Mr．West was born in a small English town．His father had a 1 there．The shop keeper didn’t think it was 2 for his son to go to school．So he taught him how to get 3 money．They got much money there and then 4 to the city．Now Old West can’t manage his shop and his son, Mr．West has to do it 5 him．As he has little knowledge, Mr．West is often 6 in public and sometimes he gets into trouble．So he 7 a lot of books and shelves and put them in his sitting room so that the visitors can see them 8 they go in．He often goes to the parties and carefully 9 what the learned(學(xué)問的)en say．He hopes to make friends with them．
Once Mr．West was told that it was a 10 writer’s birthday that day．He hurried there with his wife．He gave the writer some 11 presents and the old man thanked him．After 12 they began to talk about the literary works．
He could hardly answer any questions．The writer had to ask him 13 one, “What was Shakespeare?”
“It was a kind of drink, ” answered Mr．West．“But people do not like it now．”
The writer had a smile and soon he stopped 14 ．On their way home, his wife said, “You made a mistake just now．Shakespeare is a 15 cake, like the Chinese moon cake!”
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