[单项选择]I（）Mr. Green last week and had a long talk with him.
A. called on
B. called forth
C. called after
D. called off

[单项选择]It seemed scarcely a week since he had been there last.


A. 他好像有一个多星期没去那儿了。
B. 他好像快有一个星期没去那儿了。
C. 自从他上次到那里以后，似乎还没过一个星期。
D. 自从他上次到达那里以来，好像已经过了一个多星期。

[单项选择]A week after he had written to his brother, Jackson began______.
A. telephoning the bank
B. visiting the bank
C. shouting at the clerks of the bank
D. explaining his problem to the clerks of the bank

[单项选择]Last week, we had a meeting. I told the chairman that I couldn't attend it for I had something important to do, but he insisted ______ my being present.
A. on
B. in
C. to
D. at

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Two or three times a week, she had a customer in (21) she began to take an interest. He was a middle-aged man (22) spectacles and a brown beard. He spoke English with a strong German accent. His clothes were worn and wrinkled, but he looked neat and had very good manners. He always bought two (23) of stale bread. He never asked for anything (24) stale bread; it cost a lot less than (25) bread. Once Miss Albert noticed a red and brown stain on his finger. She was sure that he was an artist and very poor. No doubt he lived in an attic, where he (26) pictures and ate stale bread and thought of good things to eat in the bakery.
Often when Miss Albert sat down to her evening meal, she (27) sigh and wish the artist might share her food instead of eating his dry bread. One day the customer came in (28) usual and asked for his stale bread. As the sudden noise of the fire engine made him hurry to the door, Miss Albert (29)
A. back
B. from
C. on
D. into