They still hadn't come when, just before noon, a man eating in our restaurant wanted a cake. I suggested that I run to the bakery next door to get some, and Johnny readily agreed. Going out of our back door, I knocked on the back door of the bakery and bought a few from the baker's helper. That cake was the only one we sold all day.
After closing, Johnny and I sat discussing things with my daughter, who had been out from serving. "An interesting thing happened just before noon," she said. "The owner of the bakery next door came in and ordered a cake of ours. She wanted to compare it with hers."
We know from the passage that ______.
A.the baker next door came to help with the opening
B.the new restaurant did not prepare all its foods
C.the son and the daughter served at the tables
D.the customers enjoyed the cakes very much
I _______her to give up taking the medicine but she refused.
A. advised
B. suggested
C. persuaded
D. hoped
第16题:More and more young Europeans remain single because ().
A.they are driven by an overwhelming sense of individualism
B.they have entered the workforce at a much earlier age
C.they have embraced a business culture of stability
D.they are pessimistic about their economic future
each in her shop where customers can look at all her range. She rents a large warehouse to
keep her stock. All her dresses are selling well. Her business is making a good profit which
she wants to invest to expand her business. Jill asked her bank manager for advice. He
suggested having a homepage on the lnternet, and selling her clothes online. Internet
shopping suits her business model, because she buys many dresses all the same color to get a low nrprice. She can reach more customers online, and sell more dresses. This will increase her business quickly without buying a larger shop.
(1) Jill has a lot of dresses in stock.
(2) Jill buys her dresses very cheaply.
(3) She asks her bank manager for a loan.
(4) The bank manager suggests selling her business.
(5) The lnternet will expand her business.
Steel has given that 20-hour figure when describing her“exhausting”process in the past:“I start thebook and don 't leave my desk until the first draft is finished.”She goes from bed,to desk,to bath,tobed,avoiding all contact aside from phone calls with her nine children."I don 't comb my hair for weeks,”she says.Meals are brought to her desk,where she types until her fingers swell and her nails bleed.The business news website Quartz held Steel up as an inspiration,writing that if only we all followedher“actually extremely liberating"example of industrious sleeplessness,we would be quick to see results.well,indeed.With research results showing the cumulative effects of sleep loss and its impact onproductivity,doubt has been voiced about the accuracy of Steel's self-assessment.Her output may beundeniable,but sceptics have suggested that she is guilty of erasing the role of ghostwriters (代笔人) atworst,gross exaggeration at best.
Steel says working 20 hours a day is “pretty brutal physically.”But is it even possible?“No,”saysMaryanne Taylor of the Sleep Works. While you could work that long,the impact on productivity wouldmake it hardly worthwhile. If Steel was routinely sleeping for four hours a night,she would be drasticallyunderestimating the negative impact,says Alison Gardiner,founder of the sleep improvement programmeSleepstation.“It's akin to being drunk.”
lt's possible that Steel is exaggerating the demands of her schedule. Self-imposed sleeplessness has“become a bit of a status symbol", says Taylor, a misguided measure to prove how powerful and productive you are.Margaret Thatcher was also said to get by on four hours a night,while the 130-hour work weeksendured by tech heads has been held up as key to their success.
That is starting to change with increased awareness of the importance of sleep for mental health.“People are starting to realise that sleep should not be something that you fit in between everything else,"says Taylor .
But it is possible—if statistically extremely unlikely—that Steel could be born a “short sleeper”withan unusual body clock,says sleep expert Dr. Sophie Bostock." It's probably present in fewer than 1% ofthe population.”
Even if Steel does happen to be among that tiny minority,says Bostock,it's “pretty irresponsible”tosuggest that 20-hour days are simply a question of discipline for the rest of us.
46. What do we learn from the passage about Glamour magazine readers?
A) They are intrigued by the exotic romance in Danielle Steel's novels.
B)They are amazed by the number of books written by Danielle Steel.
C)They are deeply impressed by Danielle Steel's daily work schedule.
D)They are highly motivated by Danielle Steel's unusual productivity.47. What did the business news website Quartz say about Danielle Steel?
A) She could serve as an example of industriousness.
B) She proved we could liberate ourselves from sleep.
C) She could be an inspiration to novelists all over the world.
D) She showed we could get all our work done without sleep.48. What do sceptics think of Danielle Steel's work schedule claims?
A) They are questionable.
CThey are irresistible.
B)They are alterable.
D)They are verifiablc.
49. What docs Maryanne Taylor think of self-imposed sleeplessness?
A) It may turn out to be key to a successful career.
B)It may be practiced only by certain tech heads.
C)It may symbolise one's importance and success.
D) It may well serve as a measure of self-discipline.
50. How does Dr. Sophic Bostock look at the 20-hour daily work schedule?
A)One should not adopt it without consulting a sleep expert.
B) The general public should not be encouraged to follow it.
C) One must be duly self-disciplined to adhere to it.
D) The majority must adjust their body clock for it.
A. No, she couldn’t
B. No, she could
C. Yes, she couldn’t
D. Yes, she answers
She had a very good time,_____ she?
A.hadn’t
B.had
C.didn’t
D.weren’t
She doesn’t want to () in the discussion.
A.attend
B.participate
C.present
She had a good time last night, _______?
A.hadn’t she
B.had she
C.didn’t she
D.did she