I would not be home tonight___ you not___me a lift in your car.
A.if, give
B.if had, given
C.had, given
D.have, given
A、I was persuaded by him, so I had to give up.
B、I was persuaded by him, so I had to give in.
Ms. Cobb: Thank you. __________
A. He would be happy to meet you.
B. He had a very bad cold.
C. I'll talk to him.
D. I appreciate your concern.
One day, after telling Mr. White a long story of his troubles, Tom asked for five pounds.
Mr. White had heard this sort of thing before, but he listened patiently to the end. Then he said, "I understand your difficulties, Tom. I' d like to help you. But I' m not going to give you five pounds this time. I'll lend you the money, and you can pay me off next time you see me."
Tom took the money, but he never appeared again.
Tom was now in difficulties because he ______.
A.worked in a city office and was poorly paid
B.was poorly paid and had a large family to support
C.was poorly paid and always spent money carelessly
D.was out of work and had a large family to support
When the businessman got back to his office, he said to his secretary, "I told you it should be a twenty-minute speech !"
"That's what I gave you ," she answered, "the original and two copies. The original for you to read at the meeting, and two copies for the files, after you have checked them."
What was the secretary asked to do?
A.To give a speech instead of the businessman.
B.To type a one-hour speech for the businessman.
C.To choose a speech from a book of speeches and type it.
D.To make up a speech from some others and type it.
Tom told his mother and she said, "You can go.(2)don't ask for some food." Tom said, "All right, Mum." He was happy.
On Saturday Tom went to Jack's house(3). There were a lot of children at the party. They played and sang "Happy Birthday" to Jack. They had a good time. And then Jack's mother gave them some food, but she forgot to give Tom (4). There was only a plate in front of him. He thought to himself, "I'd better wait." He waited politely for some time and then he put his plate on his head and said, "(5)anyone want a nice and clean plate?"
1.A.But
B.party
C.Shall
D.bycar
E.Some
2.A.But
B.party
C.Shall
D.bycar
E.Some
3.A.But
B.party
C.Shal
D.by car
E.Some
4.A.But
B.party
C.Shall
D.by car
E.Some
5.A.But
B.party
C.Shall
D.bycar
E.some
It should be 【C3】______ now why real friendship requires more than merely having"【C4】______ in common." It is what people have in common 【C5】______ determines the kind of friendship they will have. Real friendship requires at least a sound moral character out of the richness of which individuals are able to 【C6】______ this precious affection. The more individuals give, the more they realize a genuine kind of 【C7】______, the better friends they are. A good man will not only do for his friend what he would do for 【C8】______ but also, if necessary, do 【C9】______.
These prerequisites are hard to fulfill, true friendship is 【C10】______ to be rare. To acquire a real friend, 【C11】______,is one of the most praiseworthy accomplishments in 【C12】______. Montaigne tells a story of Cyrus, the 【C13】______of Persia. He was asked whether he would change a valuable horse, on 【C14】______ he had just won a race, for a kingdom. Cyrus replied, "No, surely, sir, but I would give him up with all my heart to gain a true friend, could I find out any man【C15】______ of that alliance."
ruler what see something give and get
that selflessness himself more bound
therefore life which worthy clear
【C1】______
When I was a teenager, I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that some miraculous (奇迹的) chance would bring me to the spot I was heading for.
A lot of people do not like to admit that they do not know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their home town very well, will give you a long list of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember; and you finally find that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.
If anyone ever asks me the way somewhere, I always tell them that I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid causing trouble, but even this can have unpleasant results.
I was once on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would di- rect him to the Sunlight Building. Without hesitation, I gave my usual reply, but I had only walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decided it was too late to turn back and search him out of the crowd behind me as I had and appointment to keep at the office with a new client and I did not want to keep him waiting. Imagine my situation when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions to my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked!
According to the passage, the sense of direction is learnt______.
A.through practice
B.by nature
C.in the childhood
D.after visiting a place repeatedly
Remembering My Grandparents
When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty -- a great tall man with thick hair becoming gray.He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seriously to me that he got that flattened tip as a small child when he fell down and stepped on his nose. The little marks of laughter at the corners of his eyes were the prodnct of a kindly and humorous nature. The years of work which had bent his shoulders had never dulled his humour nor his love of a joke.
Everywhere he went,“Gramp” made friends easily. At the end of half an hour you felt you had known him all your life. I soon learned that he hated to give orders , but that when he had to, he tried to make his orders sound like suggestions.
One July morning, as he was leaving to go to the cornfield, he said : “Edwin, you can pick up the potatoes in the field today if you want to do that.” Then he drove away with his horses. The day passed, and I did not have any desire to pick up potatoes. Evening came and the potatoes were still in the field. Gramp, dusty and tired, led the horses to get their drink.
“How many bags of potatoes were there?” Gramp inquired. “I don't know. ”“How many potatoes did you pick up?”“I didn't pick any. ” “Not any! Why not?”“You said I could pick, them up if I wanted to. You didn't say I had to. ”In the next few minutes I learned a lesson I would not forget: when Gramp said I could if I wanted to, he meant that I should want to. Gram hated cruelty and injustice. The injustices of history, even those of a thousand years before, angered her as much as the injustices of her own day.
She also had a deep love of beauty. When she was almost seventy-five, and had gone to live with one of her daughters, she spent a delightful morning washing dishes because, as she said, the beautiful patterns on the dishes gave her pleasure. The bird, the flowers, the clouds-all that was beautiful around her- pleased her. She was like the father of the French painter, Millet, who used to gather grass and show it to his son , saying , “See how beautif ul this is ! ”
In a pioneer society it is the harder qualities of mind and character that are of value. The softer virtues are considered unnecessary. Men and women struggling daily to earn a living are unable, even for a moment, to forget the business of preserving their lives. Only unusual people, like my grandparents, manage to keep the softer qualities in a world of daily struggle. Such were the two people with whom I spent the months from June to September in the wonderful days of summer and youth.
1.We know that Grandpa's nose()
A. was flattened because it had been stepped on
B. was not flat when he was a boy
C. was both straight and broad
D. was straight but its tip was a bit flat
2.We learn from the passage that Grandpa()
A. was friendly and humorous
B. liked making suggestions
C. loved to give orders
D. was a serious and strict person
3.When Grandpa told the writer to pick up potatoes if he wanted to do that, he meant that()
A. he could do it if he wanted to
B. he did not really have to do so
C. he could do it anytime he was ready
D. he had to do it
4.The writer describes his Grandma as()
A. a woman who complained about the injustices of life
B. a very obedient housewife
C. someone who could find beauty in life
D. a woman who loved Millet's paintings
5.According to the passage, in the days of the writer's grandparents()
A. most people understood how to appreciate the beautiful things
B. in life it was difficult for people to keep the "soft qualities" of mind and character
C. only ordinary people managed to appreciate the beauty of nature
D. it was the "soft virtues" that were thought to be very important