After days of investigation,the police were()the reality.
A.looking into
B. conducting
C. approaching
A.looking into
B. conducting
C. approaching
A.pick up
B.make up
C.take up
D.look up
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.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
Some people seem to lose all their energy and drive, wanting only to sleep. Others react in exactly the opposite way. Becoming so over energized that they can't find enough activity to burn off their excess energy. For instance, one woman said she cleaned out all her closets completely and was ready to go next to start on her neighbor's. Both these extremes, however, eventually, the symptoms may be intense for two or three days, but within 10 to 14 days after quitting, most subside (平静下来). The truth is that after people quit smoking, they have more energy, they generally will need less sleep, and feel better about themselves.
Quitting smoking not only extends the ex-smoker's life. but adds new happiness and meaning to one's current life. Most smokers state that immediately after they quit smoking, they start noticing dramatic differences in their overall health and vitality.
Quitting is beneficial at any age, no matter how long a person has been smoking. The death rate of an ex-smoker decreases after quitting. If the patient quits before a serious disease has developed, his/her body may eventually be able to restore itself almost completely.
Which of the following is the main psychological symptom of smokers who quit? ______.
A.Being light-headed
B.Being anxious
C.Being easily annoyed
D.Being violet
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
B
A British schoolboy has been excluded from lessons after he organised a mass protest over a lack of homework.
Aaron Parfitt, 14, led 100 of his fellow pupils on a walkout at Bispham High School in Blackpool on 12 March over concerns about teaching standards.
Despite his eagerness to learn, Aaron was told he wasbanned from lessons for the next two days, and now claims to have been excluded again ahead of a meeting between teachers and his mother on 17 March.
Aaron originally contacted Blackpool Council and Ofsted to raise concerns over the quality of teaching before losing patience and organising the 100-strong walkout last Wednesday.
Teachers took a dim view of his actions and excluded him for two days on Thursday and Friday last week - much to the anger of his mother Janet, 52.
'I'm absolutely fuming they've excluded him because he's doing the best he can to get a good education,' she said
'He was only trying to stick up for himself and his mates and then he gets told to stay away from the school for two days,' she added.
Aaron said: 'We've had loads of different teachers and we weren't getting enough homework.I failed my maths exam in school and I was really worried because I just wanted to make sure I was able to do the work properly.'
55.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Aaron could not get enough homework
B.Aaron's teachers were not adequate to their jobs at all
C.Teachers were accused of assigning little homework
D.All students did not agree with Aaron's proposal
The fastest transatlantic voyage by a packet mentioned by the author was from ______.
A.Liverpool to New York
B.New York to Liverpool
C.Liverpool to Baltimore
D.Baltimore to Liverpool
When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought.
"With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course." she said proudly.
"Oh? What's that, then?" he asked, as he pointed to a wad of ten pound notes on the table.
Mrs. Smith went shopping ______.
A.after a while
B.on her birthday
C.the day after her birthday
D.ten days later
When Williams wanted to put on his boots, he would murmur" boots" and within seconds the dog would drop them at his feet. At nine every morning, Prince ran off to the general store in the village, returning shortly not only with Williams ' daily paper but with a half-ounce packet of Williams' favorite tobacco, John Rainey's Mixed. A gun dog by breed, Prince possessed a large soft mouth specially evolved for the safe carrying of hunted creatures, so the paper and the tobacco came to no harm, never even showing a tooth mark.
Williams was a railway man, an engine driver, and he wore a blue uniform. which smelled of oil and oil fuel. He had to work at odd times—"days" , "late days" or" nights". Over the years Prince got to know these periods of work and rest, knew when his master would leave the house and return, and the dog did not waste this knowledge. If Williams overslept, as he often did, Prince barked at the bedroom door until he woke, much to the annoyance of the family. On his return, Williams'slippers were brought to him, the paper and tobacco too if previously under livered.
A curious thing happened to Williams during the snow and ice of last winter. One evening he slipped and fell on the icy pavement somewhere between the village and his home. He was so badly shaken that he stayed in bed for three days; and not until he got up and dressed again did he discover that he had lost his wallet containing over fifty pounds. The house Was turned upside down in the search, but the wallet was not found. However, two days later — that was five days after the fall — Prince dropped the wallet into William's hand. Very muddy, stained and wet through, the little case still contained fifty three pounds, Williams' driving license and a few other papers. Where the dog had found it no one could tell, but found it he had and recognized it probably by the faint oily smell on the worn leather.
How did the dog perform. his duties?
A.He was delighted to show them off.
B.He did his test but was not often successful.
C.He did them quickly to get them over.
D.He had few opportunities to do them.
A.study abroad
B.work abroad
C.pay for the debts
D.1earn to paint pictures