I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life.
My friends told us that taking the “hard   16 ” to Beijing would be really terrible. So we didn’t know what to   17  . But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the   18  , which was relatively modern and   19  . During the 14-hour ride we ate peanuts and talked. It was not   20   at all.
It was morning when we arrived. We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much   21  . However, we had energy. First, we tried to get return tickets to Shanghai, but the tickets seller   22   us that tickets would not be on   23   for another two days. We were a little worried about getting   24   , but we made up our minds to   25   for the hotel to put our bags down. After fighting our way   26   the “gypsy” taxi driver who tried to   27   one hundred yuan for the ride, we found another taxi and it   28   cost us thirty yuan to get   29   we had planned to go. When we reached the hotel, there was a window for airplane and train tickets.   30  , the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we   31  . The most important lesson about China I ever   32   is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much   33  . We were not able to get tickets, but the   34   agents could.
While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of interest, most of which were very   35  . It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place. There aren’t any words to describe it.

A．chair B．bed C．bench D．seat

A．provide B．happen C．expect D．think

A．plane B．train C．ship D．bus

A．clean B．dirty C．simple D．long

A．easy B．good C．bad D．hard

A．trouble B．sleep C．food D．help

A．promised B．persuaded C．advised D．informed

A．sale B．show C．duty D．time

A．behind B．out C．back D．through

A．ask B．start C．look D．pay

A．towards B．into C．past D．across

A．charge B．offer C．bargain D．share

A．even B．only C．also D．still

A．where B．which C．what D．how

A．Meanwhile B．Otherwise C．Therefore D．However

A．couldn’t B．wouldn’t C．shouldn’t D．needn’t

A．heard B．taught C．gave D．learned

A．harder B．earlier C．easier D．later

A．business B．travel C．transport D．hotel

A．interesting B．crowded C．famous D．good