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After all, ______ her faults are, she is Arnold's mother.A.no matter howB.howeverC.whateve
After all, ______ her faults are, she is Arnold's mother.
A.no matter how
B.however
C.whatever
D.what
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After all, ______ her faults are, she is Arnold's mother.
A.no matter how
B.however
C.whatever
D.what
After all efforts in vain, he had to accept the result______.
A.regularly
B.shallowly
C.physically
D.painfully
A.after which
B.with which
C.for which
D.at which
A. answer
B. answering
C. answered
D. to answer
A.before long
B.long before
C.after long
D.long after
A.he was sure his son was good at his lessons
B.he spent all his energies on his business
C.he knew nothing about the education
D.his wife looked after their children
A.he has no party to attend
B.he has a million things to do each day
C.he.has to stay up]ate at night
D.he has to go to all sort8 0f parties
1.( );
A.little
B.no
C.much
D.some
2.( );
A.did
B.assumed
C.took
D.made
3.( );
A.took
B.made
C.had
D.gave
4.( );
A.number
B.numbers
C.amount
D.figure
5.( );
A.of paying
B.to be paid
C.to pay
D.pay
The remaining partners in the law firm were still together, attached unwillingly at the hip by the bondage of mortgages and the bank notes, back when they were rolling and on the verge of serious wealth. They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits; thus the bankruptcy. Since Patrick's departure, they had tried every possible way to divorce one another, but nothing would work. Two were raging alcoholics who drank at the office behind locked doors, but never together. The other two were in recovery, still teetering on the brink of sobriety.
He took their money. Their millions. Money they had already spent long before it arrived, as only lawyers can do. Money for their richly renovated office building in downtown Biloxi. Money for new homes, yachts, condos in the Caribbean. The money was on the way, approved, the papers signed, orders entered; they could see it, almost touch it when their dead partner—Patrick—snatched it at the last possible second.
He was dead. They buried him on February 11,1992. They had consoled the widow and put his rotten name on their handsome letterhead. Yet six weeks later, he somehow stole their money.
They had brawled over who was to blame. Charles Bogan, the firm's senior partner and its iron hand, had insisted the money be wired from its source into a new account offshore, and this made sense after some discussion. It was ninety million bucks, a third of which the firm would keep, and it would be impossible to hide that kind of money in Biloxi, population fifty thousand. Someone at the bank would talk. Soon everyone would know. All four vowed secrecy, even as they made plans to display as much of their new wealth as possible. There had even been talk of a firm jet, a six-seater.
So Bogan took his share of the blame. At forty-nine, he was the oldest of the four, and, at the moment, the most stable. He was also responsible for hiring Patrick nine years earlier, and for this he had received no small amount of grief.
Doug Vitrano, the litigator, had made the fateful decision to recommend Patrick as the fifth partner. The other three had agreed, and when Patrick Lanigan was added to the firm name, he had access to virtually every file in the office. Bogan, Rapley, Vitrano, Havarac, and Lanigan, Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law. A large ad in the yellow pages claimed "Specialists in Offshore Injuries." Specialists or not, like most firms they would take almost anything if the fees were lucrative, Lots of secretaries, and paralegals. Big overhead, and the strongest political connections on the Coast.
They were all in their mid-to late forties, Havarac had been raised by his father on a shrimp boat. His hands were still proudly calloused, and he dreamed of choking Patrick until his neck snapped. Rapley was severely depressed and seldom left his home, where he wrote briefs in a dark office in the attic.
What happened to the four remaining lawyers after Patrick's disappearance?
A.They all wanted to divorce their wives.
B.They were all heavily involved in debts.
C.They were all recovering from drinking.
D.They had bought new homes, yachts, etc.
1. When did the children go skating?
A. After breakfast.
B. Before supper.
C. After lunch.
D. At lunch.
2. How many children skated on the lake?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
D. Six.
3. Who skated best of all the children?
A. Allen did.
B. Paul did.
C. Bill did.
D. Worker did.
4. Why did Paul fall into the water?
A. Because he skated fast.
B. Because he was not good at skating.
C. Because he didn’t know the ice there was broken.
D. Because he skated slow.
5. Who helped Paul?
A. His friends.
B. His parents.
C. Two workers.
D. Betty.
A.interested in
B.good at
C.expert in
D.not fond of
When Mr. Jones got back, he immediately went to sleep on the living-room sofa with the News of the World over his face, so that when evening came, the animals were still not fed. At last, they could stand no longer. One of the cows broke into the door of the store-house with her horns (角) and all the animals began to help themselves to the grains.
It was just then that Mr. Jones woke up. And the men came back. The next moment he and his four men were in the store-house with whips in their hands, whipping (鞭打) in all directions. This was more than the hungry animals would bear. Together, they jumped upon their masters. Mr. Jones and his men suddenly found themselves being struck with their horns and kicked from all sides. The situation was quite out of their control. A minute later all five of them were in full fright down the road, with the animals running after them joyfully.
Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?
A.Willington was the name of a hotel.
B.Red Lion was the name of a restaurant.
C.News of the World was a TV programme.
D.Mr. Johns went back home at night.