[单项选择]John had his room ______ yesterday, so it looks nice.
A. to paint
B. painting
C. painted
D. to be painted

[单项选择]John had his room ______ yesterday, so it looks nice.


A. to paint
B. painting
C. painted
D. to be painted

[单项选择]The ______ host had his spare room emptied very quickly for the honored guest.
A. hospitable
B. credulous
C. effective
D. optimistic

[单项选择]John had to have his radio ______ in town.
A. repaired
B. repairing
C. to repair
D. repair

[单项选择]Tom, one of my students, had his term paper（）as soon as he finished（）it.
A. to be typed, to write
B. being typed, writing
C. typed, to write
D. typed, writing

[单项选择]John and his brother are so ______ that they could almost be twins.
A. likely
B. alike
C. same
D. the same

[单项选择]Before John Shuttleworth started his business, he ______.
A. borrowed money
B. waited for a good time to open his business
C. developed an inadequate plan
D. studied, prepared a plan, and trained himself

[单项选择]John went to his teacher for______ about his French.
A. an advice
B. advice
C. advices
D. the advice

[单项选择]John has just passed his driving test, so now he's on the ______ for a cheap car.
A. pursuit
B. track
C. discovery
D. trace

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Text 2
Ever since John Burrows and his wife Carol opened their first hair salon in 1983, they have been taking on apprentices.
"In my generation, an apprenticeship was the way to learn a trade so it was the obvious way for us to get the skilled staff we needed," Mr. Burrows says.
Today, the Burrows’ salon, Upper Cut in Weston-super-Mare, employs 35 people. Of the 16 stylists, 13 progressed through apprenticeships and Mr. Burrows believes a strong culture of training is integral to the company’s success.
"Without the apprenticeships scheme our business wouldn’t be anything like the size it is today," Mr. Burrows says. The high-quality training the apprenticeships provide guarantees growth. The more skills staff have, the more effective a business will become.
Although Mr. Burrows is an advocate of the scheme, he concedes that occasionally he has suffered problems.
They have experienced epi
A. makes her free up some time to get on with other things.
B. brings many creative ideas to her for innovating her shops.
C. helps her to offer someone else the opportunity to learn a trade.
D. saves her a lot of energies to expand the business.

[单项选择]John said that his present job does not provide him with enough ______ for his organizing ability.
A. scope
B. space
C. capacity
D. range

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Text 2 Ever since John Burrows and his wife Carol opened their first hair salon in 1983, they have been taking on apprentices. "In my generation, an apprenticeship was the way to learn a trade so it was the obvious way for us to get the skilled staff we needed," Mr. Burrows says. Today, the Burrows’ salon, Upper Cut in Weston-super-Mare, employs 35 people. Of the 16 stylists, 13 progressed through apprenticeships and Mr. Burrows believes a strong culture of training is integral to the company’s success. "Without the apprenticeships scheme our business wouldn’t be anything like the size it is today," Mr. Burrows says. The high-quality training the apprenticeships provide guarantees growth. The more skills staff have, the more effective a business will become. Although Mr. Burrows is an advocate of the scheme, he concedes that occasionally he has suffered problems. They have experienced episodes of theft, poor time keeping and bad discip
A. he is very angry for many of his apprentices' failing in acquiring the NVQ certificates.
B. those who have physical defects can impossibly pass the exams for NVQ.
C. the apprentices who have got NVQ certificates always choose to leave for an other place.
D. NVQ is so difficult that he has to spend more time in teaching the youngsters.