After a few rounds of talks, both sides regarded the territory dispute ______.A.being sett
After a few rounds of talks, both sides regarded the territory dispute ______.
A.being settled
B.to be settled
C.had settled
D.as settled
After a few rounds of talks, both sides regarded the territory dispute ______.
A.being settled
B.to be settled
C.had settled
D.as settled
After stopping for a few minutes, the bus moved ______ to its next stop.
A.forward
B.off
C.with
D.on
A、 ached
B、 depressed
C、 grieved
D、 upset
He went over his instructions in his mind. The agent would appear at four o' clock. He would chat to Lane for a while, after which he would get up, leaving his newspaper behind. The plan would be fastened inside.
A distant clock began to strike the hour. As if from nowhere, a man appeared and sat down be side Lane, placing his newspaper on the seat between them. He was thin and middle-aged, and seemed in need of a good meat. He bored no resemblance to Lane' s idea of a successful spy. His conversation, confined to trivial observations about the weather, was painfully uninteresting.
A few minutes later he got up and continued on his way. Large picked up the paper which laid on the bench, as if he wanted to look at the news. He was excited to see the plans pinned to the center page. At that moment, however, there was a strong wind which lifted the newspaper into the air, like a kite, and blew it into the river.
Lane ______.
A.memorized his orders
B.recited his orders
C.tried to remember his orders
D.repeated his orders himself
The old shoemaker died________.
A.only a few days before the lady returned from Europe
B.a few days after the lady returned from Europe
C.a few months after the lady went to Europe
D.two weeks before the lady returned from Europe
A.pick up
B.make up
C.take up
D.look up
A.No,I do mind
B.No,I don’t think it a good idea
C.Of course not
D.I’m not used to it
The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation: at a lunch with a friend and in a university class. He found that if they had a lunch appointment with a friend, the average American student defined lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time. However, the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33 minutes.
In an American university, classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States, but also end at the scheduled time. In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12: 00; many remained past 12: 30 to discuss the class and ask more questions. While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil, neither is staying late.
The word "punctual' most probably means______.
A.leaving soon after class
B.coming early
C.arriving a few minutes late
D.being on time
It's been very cold the last few days. I think the winter's ______ already.
A.set in
B.set off
C.set on
D.set out
Six months later, she and her husband were asked to dinner. She took a pair of shoes. She hadn't worn them since they were repaired. She put one on her right foot, and then she put the other on her left. She felt something wrong. She took them off for a closer look. They were the same style, color and size, but each was for the right foot. Then she thought of the shoemaker. Though she was sure he wouldn't re member her after such a long time; she called him.
"Thank goodness, you finally called." He said excitedly. "An angry woman has' been troubling me for months."
The shoemaker finished repairing her shoes ______.
A.in a few months
B.in a few days
C.in six months
D.in one day