[单项选择]With the oil prices ever rising，she tried to talk him into stopping buying a car．
A. 随着油价的上涨，她试图说服他不要买车。
B. 由于油价不断上涨，她努力说服他不要买车。
C. 随着油价的不断上涨，她努力与他讨论不要买车。
D. 由于油价不断上涨，她努力与他讨论不要买车。

[单项选择]She tried hard, but she still couldn't make us _______ our mind.
A. to change
B. changed
C. change
D. changing

[单项选择]When she listens to a talk, she likes to sit ______.

[单项选择]Cocoa prices are rising for several reasons, but not because of

[单项选择]Every time when she tried to move her body, she let out a ______in pain.
A. wail
B. whimper
C. moan
D. weep

[单项选择]Ever since she was a little girl, she ______ interested in music.
A. is
B. has been
C. was
D. had been

[单项选择]During periods of rising prices : （）
A. LIFO Gross Profit Margin ＞ FIFO Gross Profit Margin. 
B. LIFO Current ratio ＞ FIFO Current Ratio. 
C. LIFO Debt to Equity Ratio ＞ FIFO Debt to Equity Ratio.

[单项选择]With increased taxation and rising prices, Erie is going to ______ on quite a lot of things, such as clothes, records and so on.
A. cut off
B. cut down
C. cut in
D. cut across

[单项选择]With increased taxation and rising prices, I am going to have to ______ on quite a lot of things -clothes, records and so on.
A. cut off
B. cut in
C. cut out
D. cut down

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As prices and building costs keep rising, the "do—it—yourself" (DIY) trend (趋势) in the U.S. continues to grow.
"We needed furniture(家具) for our living room," says John Ross, "and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs. "(76) John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a two-week course for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and iris wife died. He has a full—time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for ＄ 420. "I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself."
John and Jim are not unusual people. In o
A. his car repairs cost too much
B. the car repair class was not helpful
C. he could not possibly do two jobs
D. he had to raise the children all by himself