When Mr. David retired (退休) , he bought a small house in a village near the sea . He liked it and hoped to live a quier lift in it .
But to his great surprise , many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays , for it was the most interesting building in the village . From morning to night there were tourists outside the house . They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden . This was too much for Mr. David . He decided to drive the visitors away . So he put a notice on the window . The notice said “If you want to satify your curiosity (好奇心) , came in and look round . Price : twenty dollars .” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming , but he was wrong . More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house . “I came here to recite , not to work as a guide , ” he said angrily . In the end , he sold the house and moved away .
Mr. David’s house was so ________ that many tourists came to see it .
A.small | B.quiet | C.interesting | D.surprising |
Mr. David put a notice on the window in order to _________ .
A.drive the visitors away | B.satisfy the visitor’s curiosity |
C.let visitors come in and look round | D.get some money out of the visitors |
The notice made the visitors___________.
A.more interested in his house |
B.lose interest in his house |
C.angry at the unfair price |
D.feel happy about the price |
After Mr. David put up the notice ___________ .
A.the visitors didn’t come any longer |
B.more and more tourists came for a visit |
C.no tourists would pay the money for a visit |
D.fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house |
At last he had to sell his house and moved away because _________.
A.he did not like it at all |
B.he could not work as a guide |
C.he wanted to buy a new expensive house |
D.he could not live a quiet life in it |