[单项选择]The pressure on her from her family caused her to resort to the drastic measures.
A. turn to
B. keep to
C. stick to
D. lead to

[单项选择]Until then, her family （） from her for eight months.
A. didn't hear
B. hasn't been hearing
C. hasn't heard
D. hadn't heard

[单项选择]How have Margherita's family reacted to her success
A. With caution.
B. Without interest.
C. With surprise.
D. Without excitement.

[单项选择]She was ______ from her friends by her foolish behavior.
A. addicted
B. alienated
C. irritated
D. intimidated

[单项选择]Just now I saw a young boy______her purse from her hand bag.
A. takes
B. has taken
C. take
D. took

[单项选择]

C
The Ford family came from Ireland to the United States in 1847. Their child Henry was born in 1863. He had an interest in mechanics. He invented a car called the quadricycle which had four wheels. It essentially (实质上) had four bicycle tires and no cab (司机室).
Henry built race cars in the 1890’s and even became a race car driver. But he wanted to build cars for everyone: to use, so he began the Ford Motor Company in 1903. He had formulated (制定) a business motto which would be the reason for his success. "The way to make automobiles is to make one automobile like another automobile, to make them all alike." His company declared that they could make automobiles in any color, as long as it was black.
Henry gave much credit to his wife whom he called "The Believer". From the earliest days of their relationship she was the one who encouraged him to build a horseless carriage. Her belief in him was a constant encouragement to pro
A. he created wealth for them
B. he made cars with all kinds of colors
C. his mass production was able to bring the price down
D. he produced a gasoline engine as the power for his cars

[单项选择]The secretary resigned from her job as she felt sick of dealing with______ matters all day, every day.


A. prominent
B. trivial
C. preliminary
D. minimum

[单项选择]From her words we realized that she was really looking forward to ______ us.

[单项选择]Her income is not sufficient to support her family.


A. enough
B. efficient
C. effective
D. generous

[单项选择]She moved away from her parents, and missed them ______ enjoy the exciting life in New York.
A. too much to
B. enough to
C. very much to
D. so much to

[单项选择]Jenny only gets wool from her sheep once a year.

[单项选择]Mrs. James is seeking a divorce from her husband, for she can no longer ______ his stormy temper.
A. put up for
B. put down to
C. put up with
D. put down with