[单项选择]It's an awful ______ your wife couldn't come. I was looking forward to meeting
A. harm
B. sorrow
C. shame
D. shock

[单项选择]The sentence "Have you stopped beating your wife " is an instance of ______.
A. presupposition
B. entailment
C. implicature
D. meaning extension

[单项选择]Woman: So you finally listen to your wife's advice and give up smoking.Man: It was my doctor's advice I'm suffering from high-blood pressure.Question: What do we learn from the conversation

[单项选择]A: Have you decided what to get your wife for Christmas yetB: ______

[单项选择]Be sure to （　） your wife when we go to the party this evening.
A. get
B. bring
C. carry
D. take

[单项选择]Be sure to ______ your wife when we go to the party this evening.
A. get
B. bring
C. carry
D. take

[单项选择]My wife couldn't sleep last night because the tap in the bathroom was ______
A. draining
B. dropping
C. spilling
D. dripping

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Mr. Jones was very angry with his wife, and she was very angry with her husband.
(21) several days they didn’t speak (22) each other at all. One evening Mr. Jones was very (23) when he came back (24) work, so he went to bed (25) after dinner. Of course, he didn’t say (26) to Mrs. Jones before he went up stairs. Mrs. Jones washed the dinner (27) and then did some sewing. When she went up to bed (28) later than her husband, she found a piece of paper on the small table (29) her bed. On it were the words "Mother. Wake me (30) at 7 a.m. --Father."
When Mr. Jones woke up the next morning, it was nearly 8 a.m. and on the small table near his bed he saw another piece of paper. He took it and read these words: "Father. Wake up. It is 7 a.m. --Mother."

21（）
A. so
B. for
C. more
D. much