After five minutes of crying, arguing and finally compromising, I decided that I’d go
A、whether
B、if
C、unless
A、whether
B、if
C、unless
A. American students will become impatient if their friend is five minutes late
B. neither Brazilian nor American students like being late in appointment
C. being late in one culture may not be considered so in another culture
D. Brazilian students will not come thirty-three minutes after the agreed time
If you miss Bruce and Robert, you can set your watch when Miss Mary Smith opens the door of the post office. You know it's seven fifty-five. She has five minutes to get ready for work—to put away her raincoat
and take off her hat and coat. Rain or shine, Miss Mary Smith brings raincoat. "You never can tell what the weather will be like when it's time to go home," she always says.
One after another the shops along Main Street open for the day. The clothes shop and the fruit shop get open for business. When Mr. King opens the bookshop, the clock above the shop strides nine.
But every weekday, people go to bed early in Fairfield. The streets are quiet, and the houses are dark when the big clock over the Farmers' Bookshop strikes tell o'clock. The small town is getting ready for tomorrow.
The post office starts its business at ______ every weekday.
A.7:00
B.7:55
C.0.333333
D.0.375
Five minutes earlier, ______ we could have caught the last train.
A.of
B.but
C.and
D.so
Five minutes earlier, ______ we could have caught the last train.
A.and
B.but
C.or
D.so
After stopping for a few minutes, the bus moved ______ to its next stop.
A.forward
B.off
C.with
D.on
In order to avoid disaster it would be wise ______. ()
A.to spend five minutes checking the car before you leave
B.to carry some emergency spares with you
C.to buy a cheap set of spares before leaving
D.to prevent all breakdowns from happening
A.the large numbers of cars in the streets
B.safety checks for the cars at this time
C.streams of bikes going in all directions
D.the speed limit of the car
—I heard you almost missed the train.
—Yes. I got to the railway station with only five minutes to___.
A.leave
B.make
C.catch
D.spare
Their balloon left the ground ______.
A.after some days
B.after two hours
C.after five minutes
D.on November 21st, 1783