When it comes to the slowing economy,
Ellen Spiro isn’t biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist
isn’t cutting, filing or polish, ag as many nails as she’d like to, either. Most
of her clients spend $ 12 to $ 50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers
suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. "I’ m a good
economic indicator," she says. "I provide a service that people can do without
when they’ re concerned about saving some dollars." So Spero is downscaling,
shopping at middle-brow Dillard’s department store near her suburban Cleveland
home, instead of Neiman Marcus. "I don’t know if other clients are going to
abandon me, too," she says: Even before Alan Greenspan’s
admission that America’s red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had
already seen signs of the slowdown themselves. From car dealership A. Spero can hardly maintain her business B. Spero is too much engaged in her work C. Spero has grown out of her bad habit D. Spero is not in a desperate situation
[单项选择]There is no electricity again. Has the ______ blown then A. fuse B. plug C. wire D. circuit
[简答题]Outlines:
1) present situation
2) abasing drugs
3) my opinion.
[单项选择]That battered old bat of his is a ______ joke to all his friends. A. steady B. standing C. persisting D. stable
[单项选择]Dominic, the most ______ pupil in class, will go to Harvard to study this September. A. indigenous B. indiscreet C. indulgent D. industrious
[单项选择]Every society has its own peculiar customs and ______ of acting. A. ways B. attitudes C. behavior D. means
[单项选择]Mr. Morton gradually ______ a knowledge of the subject. A. attained B. required C. acquired D. enquired
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