I once went to a town in the north of England on business. It was about 7:30 in the evening when I reached the hotel. The ma

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问题     I once went to a town in the north of England on business.
    It was about 7:30 in the evening when I reached the hotel. The manageress, a strict old lady of about 60, showed me to my room. When I asked her what time dinner was, she said there was only one sitting at 6:30, and I had 【C1】______ it.
    "Never mind," I said. "I’m not very hungry. I’ll just have a drink in the bar (酒吧) and a sandwich. "
    "Bar!" she 【C2】______ her voice. "This is a respectable hotel, young man. If you want beer, you must go somewhere else." She spoke 【C3】______ a glass of beer was a dangerous drug.
    I went to a bar and had some beer and sandwiches and then went to the cinema. At about 11:30 I 【C4】______. Everything was in darkness. I knocked at the door, but nothing happened. The 【C5】______ sound was the church clock opposite, which suddenly struck the half-hour with such force that it made me jump. 【C6】______ a window opened upstairs. The old lady 【C7】______ and asked me what was going on. I explained who I was and she let me 【C8】______ after ten minutes’ wait. She was in her nightdress. She told me seriously that guests were 【C9】______ to be back in the hotel by 11 o’clock.
    I went to bed but could not sleep. Every quarter of an hour the church clock struck and at midnight the whole hotel shook with the noise. Just before dawn, I finally 【C10】______.
    When I arrived at breakfast, everyone else had nearly 【C11】______ and there was not enough coffee to go round.
    "Did you 【C12】______ well, young man?" the old lady asked.
    "【C13】______, I don’t think I could go through another night in that room," I replied. "I hardly slept at all."
    "That’s because you were 【C14】______ all night drinking!" she said angrily, putting 【C15】______ to the conversation.
【C15】

选项 A、an end
B、a saying
C、a joke
D、a pause

答案A

解析 put an end to使终止,结束,符合题意。
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