He had worked so hard. He _______ in the exams.
A.must have failed
B.would have failed
C.could have failed
D.should not have failed
A.must have failed
B.would have failed
C.could have failed
D.should not have failed
We were not surprised at______, for he had worked so hard.
A.what has he achieved
B.that what he had achieved
C.what he had achieved
D.that he had achieved
W: You worked all night? It took me only twenty minutes.
Q: Why is the woman surprised?
(16)
A.She found the assignment very difficult.
B.The assignment was difficult to complete in 20 minutes.
C.She finds it hard to believe the man spent so long a time.
D.The man couldn't finish the assignment because he had other work to do.
There was an engineer who had an exceptional gift for fixing all mechanical (机械的) things. After serving his company heart and soul for over 25 years, he happily retired(退休). Several years later his company telephoned him regarding a seemingly impossible problem they were having with one of their multi-million-dollar machines. They had tried everything and everyone else to get the machine fixed, but no help.
In desperation (绝望), they called on the retired engineer who had solved so many of their problems in the past. The engineer unwillingly took the challenge. He spent a day studying the huge machine. At the end of the day he marked a small X in chalk on a particular part of the machine and proudly stated, "This is where your problem is.” Tile part was replaced and the machine worked perfectly again.
The company received a bill for $ 20,001 from the engineer for his service. They told him to make a list of his charges.
The engineer answered briefly:
One chalk mark... $ 1
Knowing where to put it... $ 20,000.
The engineer retired ______.
A.after he worked in the same company for less than 25 years
B.after he worked in different companies for 25 years
C.after he worked faithfully in the same company for over 25 years
D.after he worked heart and soul in his own company for 25 years
The man had lots of work to do and often went to bed late at night. His friends advised him to do some exercise. He thought he was strong and didn't agree with them. But one day he fell in a faint (晕倒) while he was working in his office. He was sent to a hospital at once and the doctors examined him carefully. They found something was wrong with his heart and he had to be in hospital. Several months later he returned home and asked his son to manage the company.
Once his daughter wanted to travel in Australia. The old man decided to go there with her. As he went to the country for the first time, he was interested in all. He played well, had a good sleep and visited some places of interest. And one day they visited a farm. It was big and beautiful. Cows and sheep could be seen everywhere.
Pointing to a cow, Mr White asked, "What's this?"
"Haven't you seen a cow?" the guide asked surprisely.
"Cow?" Mr White said with a smile. "A cow in our country is five times (倍) as big as it!"
Having heard this, all the visitors began to laugh. After a while he saw a kangaroo (袋鼠) and asked again, "What's that?"
"It's flea (跳蚤), sir," answered the guide.
The employees worked hard because______.
A.Mr White was kind to them
B.Mr White had a company
C.Mr White often had a joke with them
D.they liked to use computers
Year after year a dedicated Swedish chemist worked to find a substance which, when (1)_____ nitroglycerine(硝化甘油), would make explosives safer to handle (2)_____ weakening their force. He had a personal (3)_____ scientific reason to pursue his search, because his (4)_____ brother had been killed when a can of nitroglycerine (5)_____ exploded. The oily liquid had been (6)_____ for so many disasters that its (7)_____ had finally been outlawed by many countries.
While (8)_____ a new formula one morning, the doctor broke a test tube and gashed(划开) his finger. He was daubing(涂搽) the (9)_____ with collodion(火棉胶), a coating solution of gun-cotton dissolved in ether-alcohol(乙醚), (10)_____ the idea struck him-mix collodion with the nitroglycerine! (11)_____ was the answer. The new mixture, (12)_____ blasting gelatine(爆胶), was not only (13)_____ safe to handle as dynamite, but it was also one-and-a-half times more powerful! In fact, so powerful (14)_____ that it paved the way for a whole new (15)_____ in construction and engineering. Mines were (16)_____, roads were built, and canals were cut at a speed once (17)_____ impossible. It had another use, also-death and destruction in warfare. Its inventor had believed that the power of his new (18)_____ would so awe the military mind that it would actually be a deterrent to war. (19)_____ it became a weapon that brought death to millions of soldiers and (20)_____.
A.mixing with
B.mixed with
C.was mixing with
D.was mixed with
______ entered the classroom when he realized that he had forgotten his home-work.
A.He hardly had
B.Hardly he had
C.He had hardly
D.Hardly had he
Doctor Ben Carson grew up in a poor single parent household in Detroit. His mother, who had only a third-grade education, worked two jobs cleaning bathrooms. To his classmates and even to his teachers, he was thought of as the dumbest kid in the class, according to his own not so fond memories. He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child. Doctor Carson was headed down a path of self-destruction until a critical moment in his youth. His mother, convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him from leading a life of failure, laid down some rules. He could not watch television except for two programs a week, could not play with his friends after school until he finished his homework, and had to read two books a week and write book reports about them. His mother’s strategy worked. “Of course, I didn’t know she couldn’t read, so there I was submitting these reports.” He said. “She would put check marks on them like she had been reading them. As I began to read about scientists, economists and philosophers, I started imaging myself in their shoes. As he got in the habit of hard work, his grades began to soar. Ultimately, he received a scholarship to attend Yale University. And later, he was admitted to the University of Michigan Medical School. He is now a leading surgeon at John’s Hopkins Medical School, and he’s also the author of three books.
Q: What do we learn about Ben Carson?
A.He had only a third-grade education.
B.He once threatened to kill his teacher.
C.He grew up in a poor single-parent household.
D.He often helped his.
Tony is not so clever as Judy, but he works ______than she
A.hard
B.harder
C.hardest
D.the hardest
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
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