---Why did Edith go to the store?---He went to the store _____ a suitable Christmas pre
A.buying
B.to buy
C.how
D.where
A.buying
B.to buy
C.how
D.where
A.offer
B.leave
C.afford
D.manage
—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. At 8 o’clock
B. I drove there myself
C. For some information
D. In the East street
Why did the old man want to sell his shop?
A.Because he didn't like cutting hair any longer.
B.Because he was too old to cut hair.
C.Because he wouldn't like Roger to go there.
D.Because a young man wanted to buy his shop.
A. Isn't she your girlfriend
B. They said she had left for London
C. What's the problem
D. Her office left you a message
E. Why not invite me, then
F. They said they had phoned Linda
G. The manager of their office had suddenly fallen iii
H. Sorry, I lost my way
A: Are you phoning Linda?
B: Yes. But how did you know?
A: (56)
B: What did they say?
A: (57)
B: What happened?
A: (58) . She had to go and take his place for three days.
B: That's too bad.
A: (59) ?
B: You see, I had arranged for us to have a dinner with a friend tonight.
A: (60) ?
B: Sure. Why not?
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these ________63 (animal just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well&39;” 64________ trainer said, “when they were very young and much 65________ (small, we used the same size ropeto tie them and, at that age, it was enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot breakaway. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”
The man was 66________ (surprise. These elephants could at any time break free from the ropes but because they67________ (believe they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life with a belief 68________ we cannot do something, simply becausewe failed at it once before?
Failure is part of 69________ (team. We should never give 70________ the struggle in life.
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First he pulled the box up to the top of the building, and fastened the end of the rope so that the box could not come down. Then he climbed up the ladder and filled the box with bricks. Next he climbed down the ladder and untied the rope. Unfortunately the box of bricks was heavier than the man, and as a result he was pulled up by the: rope. Half-way up, the box of bricks hit him as it was coming down.
When he reached the top, his head hit the pulley. The box of bricks hit the ground and broke. As a result the bricks fell out. The box was then lighter than the man and consequently he began to come down and the box began to go up.
Half-way up, the box hit the man. The man still held on to the rope and the box therefore Continued to go up. The man then reached the ground. Then he let go the rope to rub his head. The box, of course, then fell down and hit the man on the head again. As a result, an ambulance came and took him to hospital
Why did the man fasten the end of the rope before he climbed up the ladder?
A.He was afraid that someone would steal his box.
B.Because he wanted to climb up along the rope.
C.He fastened the end of the rope in order to keep the box unmoved.
D.Because he wanted to prevent the box from coming down.
Why do people shrink?
Did you ever see the movie Honey,I shrunk the kids? It’s about a wacky dad(who’s also a scientist)wh0 accidentally shrinks his kids with his homemade miniaturizing invention.0ops! ____(1).
For older people,shrinking isn’t that dramatic or sudden at all. It takes place over years and may add up to only one inch or so off of their adult height(maybe a 1ittle more,maybe less), and this kind of shrinking can’t be magically reversed,although there are things that can be done to stop it or slow it down._____(2).
There are a flew reasons.As people get older,they generally lose some muscle and flat from their bodies as part of the natural aging process.Gravity (the force that keeps your feet on the ground) take hold,and the bones in the spine,called vertebrae,may break down or degenerate,and start to collapse into one another_____ (3).But perhaps the most common reason why some older people shrink is because
of osteoporosis.
0steoporosis occurs when too much spongy bone tissue(which is found inside of most bones)is broken down and not enough new bone material is made.______(4). Bones become smaller and weaker and can easily break if someone with osteoporosis is injured. Older people—especially women,who generally have smaller and lighter bones to begin with--are more likely to develop osteoporosis.As years go by,a person with osteoporosis shrinks a little bit.
Did you know that every day you do a shrinking act? You aren’t as tall at the end of the day as you are at the beginning.That’s because as the day goes on,water in the disks of the spine gets compressed(squeezed)due to gravity,making you just a tiny bit shorter.Don’t worry,though._____(5)
A.They end up pressing closer together,which makes a person lose a little height and become shorter.
B.0rice you get a good night’s rest,your body recovers,and the next morning,you’re standing tall again. C.0ver time.bone is said to be lost because it’s not being replaced.
D.Luckily,there are things that people cab do to prevent shrinking.
E.The kids spend the rest of the movie as tiny people who are barely Visible while trying to get back to their normal size.
F.But why does shrinking happen at all ?
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Supper time came and the boys went into the house again. When they walked past the landlord‘s room, they looked in through the window. What do you think they saw there? They saw a big table with white bread and all kinds of good food on it. The landlord and his family were sitting around the table and eating their dinner. But the food for the boys was bad. The boys were very angry. They wanted to teach the landlord a lesson. So they decided to plant his garlic upside down. And that was what they did the next day.
A few days later the garlic was coming out everywhere but not in the landlord‘s fields. The landlord was very surprised and asked the boys why this was so. “The garlic is afraid that the dogs will bite it,” the boys answered.
The landlord asked the boys to come because ________.
A.he wanted them to plant garlic for him
B.he wanted to invite them to have lunch with his family
C.he wanted to tell them to sit by the door
D.he wanted them to plant vegetables for him
Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don' t really listen closely we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You' re a lucky dog." That' s being friendly. But "lucky dog?" There' s a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn' t see it himself. But bringing in the "dog" puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn' t think you deserve your luck.
"Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn' t important. It' s telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone' s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.
This passage is mainly about ______.
A.how to interpret what people say
B.what to do when. you listen to others talking
C.how to avoid mistakes when you communicate with people
D.why we go wrong with people sometimes