As the plane took off from Gatwick, Mr and Mrs Malloy sat back with a sign of pleasure.

They had thought they had 56 been able to get away on this holiday, their first holiday alone, without the 57 , since their honeymoon. They had had to ask Mrs Malloy’s mother to look after Freddic and George, their 58 , while a neighbour had agreed to 59 Annabelle, their cat, for their two-week holiday. 60 there had been the problem of taking their leave from work at the 61 time, all the trouble of getting their 62 and make sure the 63 was clear what Annabelle liked to eat. 64 they had wondered whether it was all worthwhile. But they were 65 on a plane heading for Spain.

Mrs Malloy was still a bit 66 about the thought of eating strange 67 food, and had some real English tea and tins in her bag 68 Mr Malloy wondered whether the few Spanish phrases he had 69 in six weeks of evening classes would be 70 to talk to the natives, and anxiously 71 his bilingual (双语的) phrase book.

Now everything was sure to be all right, 72 they had read quite a few stories about the troubles people 73 abroad. They were quite sure troubles wouldn’t 74 them. They just had to sit back and look forward to the good time in 75 .

56. A. never B. also C. always D. fairly

57. A. friends B. parents C. servants D. family

58. A. students B. children C. daughters D. uncles

59. A. teach B. punish C. treat D. take care of

60. A. First B. Then C. But D. So

61. A. right B. very C. same D. last

62. A. aunt B. grandmother C. father D. nurse

63. A. children B. neighbour C. cat D. parents

64. A. Sometimes B. Seldom C. Little D. Though

65. A. actually B. in fact C. at last D. no wonder

66. A. worried B. pleased C. afraid D. satisfied

67. A. old B. freezing C. own D. foreign

68. A. while B. when C. which D.

that

69. A. taught B. shown C. learned D. tested

70. A. necessary B. important C. valuable D. enough

71. A. looked at B. looked through C. looked for D. looked around

72. A. though B. as C. since D. as if

73. A. had kept B. had lost C. had bought D. had got into

74. A. praise B. happen to C. enjoy D. appreciate

75. A. England B. Spain C. Gatwick D. honeymoon

56~60 ADBDB 61~65 CBBAC 66~70 ADACD 71~75 BADBB