Do you know why John didn' t ______ at the party yesterday evening?
A.show off
B.show down
C.show up
D.show in
--Why didn't you buy it?
--I ______, but I didn't have the money.
A. would
B. would have
C. had had
D. had bought
—Why didn't you go to the cinema yesterday?
—I______, but my daughter returned from America the moment I was leaving.
A. did
B. would
C. was going to
D. had
A.I' m shocked
B.I' m puzzled
C.I' m amazed
D.I feel pity
---I think it was something () pleasant.
A.far more
B.far less
C.too much
D.much too
A.Good Luck!
B.You did?
C.It’s no surprise
D.Never mind
A.until
B.when
C.before
D.after
A.Sorry, but I felt sick.
B.Well, I don't like you
C.Excuse me, my friend is going to pick me up.
D.Oh, we went to the concert
—Why didn’t you come to my birthday party yesterday?—()
A.Excuse me, my friend sent me a flower.
B.Fine, I never go to birthday parties.
C.Ha…ha, I don’t like birthday parties.
D.Sorry, but my wife had a car accident.
People don't use their middle names very much. So" John Henry Brown" is usually called "John Brown". People never use Mr.; Mrs. or Miss before their first names. So you can say John Brown, or Mr. Brown; but you should never say Mr. John. They use Mr. , Mrs. or Miss with the family name but never with the first name.
Sometimes people ask me about my name. "When were you born, why did your parents call you Jim?" they ask. "Why did they choose that name? The answer is they didn't call me Jim. They called me James. James was the name of my grandfather'. In England, people usually call me Jim for short. That's because it is shorter and easier than James.
Most English people have ______ name(s).
A.one
B.two
C.three
D.four