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He had no time and energy to play with his children or shop with his wife, but he __ home a regular salary.
A、did bring
B、does bring
C、did get
D、does get
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Polly enjoys（）the guitar in a band in her Free time.
A . play
B . to play
C . playing
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At least he was there in time to tell his adventures to Jim while did＿of the work.
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He was relieved, and his time in jail was over and regarded it as ______.
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I ’m very interested in _______ he has improved his dancing skills in such a short time.
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He failed many times in his work, but he never gave up his attempt in _____.
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This is a(n) ________ time in his life, so he may think twice before taking any action.
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---He hardly spent any time on his subjects, ________?---________, so he does badly in his lessons.
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His writings were regarded as ridiculous for a long time before he was famous.
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He will surely finish the job on time______ he's left to do it in his own way.
A．incase
B．so long as
C．as far as
D．in that
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A long time ago, at a national conference on biology, he cautiously ______ his new theory on life.
A．advanced
B．relieved
C．produced
D．thrust
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听力原文： Former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet is living in a gilded cage as he waits under house arrest in a luxury villa for Britain's highest court to rule on his fate for a second time.
The Conservative British paper The Daily Telegraph, granted an exclusive opportunity to photograph the 83-year-old former general, counted up to nine armed policemen in and around the property in Surrey, to the southwest of London.
Three inspectors from Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist unit are permanently posted in one of the building's nine rooms, close to the main door which is guarded by two porters.
Other officers patrol with police dogs, searching visitors and their vehicles.
Members of the Surrey police force also maintain surveillance on the property in the exclusive suburb of Wentworth. Home Secretary Jack Straw allocated an additional 200,000 pounds in early March to cover policing costs.
That sum is trifling, however, compared to the millions of pounds already spent on legal costs.
Police keep bystanders, including journalists, at a distance, as well as the protesters who each Saturday beat drums and chant "murderer" in Pinochet's direction.
Authorities are also alert to the possibility of a commando operation aimed at freeing the former general, though this is considered improbable given the good relations between Britain and Chile.
In permitting Pinochet to stay in the villa, British officials relaxed his conditions of detention. Pinochet is also allowed to step out onto the patio once the yard has been combed by inspectors with sniffer dogs.
"The police follow him everywhere, even when he goes to the toilet. It's an intolerable situation, 'an unidentified person close to Pinochet complained to The Daily Telegraph.
Until now, the former leader has only left Wentworth once, to hear Spain's formal request for extradition, while a request to attend Christmas Mass was refused.
He receives visitors--Chilean political allies, diplomats, officials or supporters of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who are indignant at how a man they call a "friend of Great Britain" is being treated.
Thatcher has spoken out in Pinochet's defense and cited support he gave Britain during its 1982 war with Argentina over the Malvinas Islands.
Pinochet starts his day scouring the newspapers and surfing the Internet in search of items concerning himself.
How many armed policemen were stationed to protect Augusto Pinochet？
A．9.
B．12.
C．14
D．11.
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He will surely finish the job on time ________ he's left to do it in his own way.
A．in that
B．so long as
C．in case
D．as far as
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At least he was there in time to tell his adventures to Jim while Jim did______of the work.
A．three fourths
B．three fourth
C．threes fourths
D．threes fourth
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"Did you enjoy your vacation in New York City？"" Very much. We had a good time _______？
A. the visiting of museums
B. for museum visiting
C. visiting the museums
D. to visit the museums
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He will surely finish the job on time ______ he's left to do it in his own way.
A．in that
B．so long as
C．in case
D．as far as
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听力原文：George had stolen some money, but the police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time.
Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he did not tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him, "Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it—that would be too much to expect. But I should be grateful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty."
"Well, George," answered Jim, "I shall certainly try to do what I can for you as an old friend, but of course I cannot promise anything. The other 11 people on the jury look terribly strong-minded to me."
George said that he would quite understand if Jim was not able to do anything for him, and thanked him warmly for agreeing to help.
The trial went on, and at last the time came for the jury to decide whether George was guilty or not. It took them five hours, but in the end they found George guilty, with a strong recommendation for mercy.
Of course, George was very pleased, but he did not have a chance to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, however, Jim visited him in prison, and George thanked him warmly and asked him how he had managed to persuade the other members of the jury to recommend mercy.
"Well, George," Jim answered, "as I thought, those 11 men were very difficult to persuade, but I managed in the end by tiring them out. Do you know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!"
Question : What did George manage to do when his trial was about to begin？
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A．Decided that he would plead guilty.
B．Told another prisoner about his old friend.
C．Succeeded in seeing his friend secretly one day.
D．Told his family about his old friends.
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He asked as I was sitting in the backyard ___ the autumn twilight.A.enjoying
B.enjoyed
C.enjoy
D.being enjoyed
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Mr. Chen living next door to us has a habit of drinking. The best present to him, of course, is wine, Now his eldest son brought him a bottle of Mao Tai. He was glad and stared at it for some time, then wrote “105” on the corner of the trademark with a pencil, meaning he had already drunk 105 bottles of the famous wine. Two days later a stranger came. He offered to pay 5 yuan for the empty Mao Tai bottle. Mr. Chen was pleased and sold it. Several weeks later, his second son brought him another bottle of Mao Tai. While examining and enjoying it, he was suddenly terrified—he found “105”—the very mark on it.
1.The story is mainly about _______.
A、two sons of Mr. Chen’s
B、wine, the best present
C、the secret of “105”
D、an empty bottle worth 5 yuan
2.The story tells that the stranger was a man who _______.
A、took back empties
B、produced famous wine
C、promoted (促进) the sale of Mao Tai
D、knew how to meet people’s needs
3.Mr. Chen sold his empty Mao Tai bottle because ________.
A、he had already numbered it “105”
B、he knew his second son would bring him another
C、the price offered was high enough
D、he hoped the bottle could be used again
4.When examining and enjoying the wine sent by his second son, Mr. Chen was terrified because he found _______.
A、the wine was mixed with water
B、he should have marked it “106”
C、the wine had exceeded (超出) the time limit
D、his second son had been cheated
5.According to the story, who do you say learned a lesson_______.
A、The stranger
B、Mr. Chen
C、His neighbour
D、Mr. Chen’s eldest son
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An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to【C1】______the house-building business to live a more【C2】______life with his wife and enjoy his【C3】______family. He would miss the paycheck(工资)each week, but he wanted to retire. They could【C4】______The employer was【C5】______to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes,【C6】______over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He used bad workmanship and【C7】______materials. It was an unfortunate way to【C8】______a dedicated(献身的)career.
When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to【C9】______the house. Then he handed the front-door【C10】______to the carpenter and said, "This is your house—my【C11】______to you." The carpenter was shocked! What a【C12】______!If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.
【C13】______it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting【C14】______than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we【C15】______we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it【C16】______, we would do it much differently.
But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or build a wall. Someone【C17】______said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your【C18】______,and the choices you【C19】______today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, build【C20】______!
【C1】
A．continue
B．start
C．leave
D．find
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The first As an investment banker specializing in mergers and acquisitions, Francois von Hurter spent a lot of time in airport lounges, where he' d often set aside the latest deal calculations in favor of a good mystery fiction read. So when he retired in 1998 after 25 years as a dealmaker, instead of joining legions of ex-bankers on extended vacations in exotic locales, yon Hurter committed himself and some hard-earned capital to his next business venture: He launched London-based Bitter Lemon Press, a publishing company specializing in reprinting in English mystery novels he' d grown to love.
These are not the usual hard-boiled Raymond Chandler imitations found in some bookstores and at airport lounges. The works, written originally in German, French, Spanish and Italian, offer social criticism and a slice of culture with the who-done-it, according to Von Hurter, who likened some of Bitter Lemon's titles to travel fiction. The books, translated into English for the first time, take readers to locales like Mexico City, Munich and Havana. "I'd always go to bookstores in countries where I can read" the language, 58-year old von Hurter told Reuters while in New York this month to promote the company. In fact, he admits to making sure that, whenever possible, his U.S. flights went through Minneapolis, which has one of his favorite second-hand bookstores.
Von Hurter, born and raised in Geneva, Switzerland, and a graduate of University of Pennsylvania's Wharton business school, is not the only Wall Street veteran financing Bitter Lemon Press. His brother Frederic von Hurter, a former commodities trader at Cargill, the Minneapolis food giant, and Laurence Colchester, a former economist at Citibank, are partners. Though the trio speaks French, Greek, German and Italian, they employ translators to bring the books to life in English.
Francois yon Hurter would not detail how much of the groups' s own money they put into Bitter Lemon. Bitter Lemon has published six books in Britain and has plans for five rifles in the next six months or so as part of its launch in the United States. One such title, "Thumbprint", is a mystery written by Friedrich Glauser, who was born in Vienna in 1896 and has been referred to as a Swiss Simenon—a reference to the noted Belgian mystery writer known for his French detective Maigret. "Thumbprint", translated from German, has been one of the Bitter Lemon's most popular books, selling 5,000 copies. Other Bitter Lemon titles include Gunter Ohnemus' "The Russian Passenger", the story of a cab driver who gets entangled with the Russian Mafia that has been translated from German, and "The Snowman" by Jorg Fauser, a German author born in 1944 who died in 1987. "Fauser was one of the romantic heroes of post-war German literature, a friend of Charles Bukowski... he is now being rediscovered," news magazine Der Spiegel noted in July, responding to a biography of Fauser published this summer.
As a banker for First Boston, known today as Credit Suisse First Boston, and Morgan Stanley, Francois von Hurter worked not only in New York but London and Saudi Arabia. Among other deals, he had a hand in Seagram Co Ltd' s purchase of MCA Inc. and Coca-Cola Co.'s purchase of Columbia Pictures. And while the players are different, book publishing has some similarities to Wall Street's merger business. Like a company put up for sale, a book needs a specific market and needs to have potential for growth. "You have to put together a business plan ... negotiate with suppliers like printers, a sales force and distributors. You need to apply the same marketing savvy to decide how to position the book," he said.
What is different about this latest venture, though, is that the hours spent in the office seem to race by much more rapidly." In a way, the hardest part of the second career, is that it creates such enthusiasm that you tend never to turn off," he said. "The line between yo
A．English mystery novels written by London-based writers.
B．Mystery novels which offer social criticism and a slice of culture, written originally not in English.
C．Travel fiction which take readers to locales like Mexico City, Munich and Havana.
D．Hard-boiled mystery novels translated into English for the first time.
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By the time Mr．Saint Laurent set up shop in Paris under his own name，he had always workeda as a（n）
A. showman．
B. artist．
C. painter．
D. designer．
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An eleven-year-old boy in a small town wanted to be a driver. But he was born without arms (手臂). His uncle taught him to usa his fuel as hands. He couldn't go to school so he spent all his time watching (看) trains coming and going because he lived near the slabon. How he wished he could be a train diver!
One day he saw an empty (空的) train and lie climbed (爬) in. It's lied no difficulty in starting it with his feet. goon the train was traveling at forty miles (英里) an hour. The railway officials (官员) could see tile boy in the wain and tried to stop the wain. The train arrived at a small station a little away from the town and then the boy drove it back. When he was near the town. a worker caught up with (追上) the train and stop it. At flint he was very angry (生气). hut he laughed when the boy said simply. "I like trains. "Well. I'm glad you don't like planes？ the worker said.
An eleven-year-old boy wished lo he ______.
A．a plane driver
B．a train driver
C．a teacher
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（）his last word, he got into a taxi and disappeared in no time
A．Finishing
B．Finished
C．Having finished
D．To finish
