[单项选择]Joe Jones, the eldest of the eight children, had to ______ out of high school at the age of 16 to help his father on the farm.
A. leave
B. drop
C. fall
D. go

[单项选择]Joe Jones, the eldest of the eight children, had to ______ out of high school at the age of 16 to help his father on the farm.
A. leave
B. drop
C. fall
D. go

[单项选择]How were the police able to prove that Joe had robbed the bank


A. The raid had been photographed by hidden cameras.
B. Some watchman had seen the raid.
C. The bank teller proved that Joe was the robber.
D. Some monitors had been installed nearby.

[单项选择]Joe had many regrets when he ______ the years he spent abroad.
A. looked back on
B. looked down upon
C. looked up to
D. looked out of

[单项选择]Jones had audaciously slapped my face, and that I had been obliged to ______ against him by knocking him down.
A. revenge
B. avenge
C. reward
D. retaliate

[单项选择]James had to reach the airport at half past eight.

[单项选择]Joe works two part time jobs. One week Joe worked 8 hours at one job, earning $150, and 4.5 hours at other job, earning $90. What were his average hourly earnings for the week
A. $8.00
B. $9.60
C. $16.00
D. $19.20
E. (E) $32.00

[单项选择]Who is Joe Brown
A. He is an expert in mental workings.
B. He is an actor.
C. He is a writer on the importance of friends and relatives.
D. He is a clinical psychologist and talkshow host.

[单项选择]Shelby企业生产和销售与Jones企业一样的仪表。Shelby企业和Jones企业中员工的工资都占了生产仪表成本的40%。Shelby企业正在寻求强于Jones企业的竞争优势。因此，为促使达到这个目的，Shelby企业应该降低员工的工资。 以下哪一项，如果是正确的，将最能削弱以上论述( )
A. 因为他们生产少量的精密仪器，仪表制造商们不能在原材料上获得批量折扣
B. 工资降低会降低员212212作质量，这种质量降低将导致销量的下降
C. Jones企业去年抢走了Shelby企业20%的生意
D. Shelby企业付给它的员工的工资，平均来说，比Jones企业高10%

[单项选择]-- Sorry, Joe.
-- Don't call me "Joe", I'm Mr. Parker to you, and ______ you forget it!

[单项选择]Why were Sam and Joe chosen


A. The boss wanted them to get more experience.
B. The boss trusted them more than anyone else.
C. They were the last people who wanted to go.
D. They were the only men who offered to go.

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George had stolen some money. The police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial was about to begin and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time.
Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he didn’t tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him, "Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it — that would be too much to expect. But I should be grateful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty."
"Well, George," answered Jim, "I shall certainly try to do what I can do for you as an old friend, but of course I cannot promise anything. The other eleven people on the jur
A. He thought George was guilty.
B. George's case was too serious.
C. The other members might not listen to his recommendation.
D. He did not want to help Georg