[单项选择]The students______ busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she ______in the office.


A. had written; left
B. were writing; has left
C. had written; had left
D. were writing; had left

[单项选择]What impressed the author most when he went to watch the lions in the Gir Forest


A. The lions were on the brink of extinction.
B. They were suffering from a fatal disease.
C. They allowed him to see their vitality and charm at close quarters.
D. Mother lion and her cub shared a deer.

[单项选择]A few days later when Jack went to Manchester again, ______.

[单项选择]When they went into the shop and asked to look at the engagement rings, the girl brought out the cheapest ones, ______ she had arranged with James.
A. those were what
B. what was what
C. which was what
D. in which

[单项选择]When he went to the airport for the ticket, Tom suddenly realized that his passport had ______ for half a year.


A. abolished
B. expired
C. amended
D. constrained

[单项选择]They found the ______bridge when they went across the village.
A. old stone Chinese
B. Chinese old stone
C. old Chinese stone
D. Chinese stone old

[单项选择]Sam: Was the driving pleasant when you went to Mexico last summer
Lili: No, it（）for four days when we arrived, so the roads were very muddy.
A. was raining
B. had been raining
C. would be raining
D. rained

[单项选择]When she saw the clouds, she went back to the house to ______ her umbrella.


A. bring
B. fetch
C. take
D. carry

[单项选择]Miss Green recorded her lesson, so ______when she was away.


A. the students could do the same
B. the students could teach themselves
C. the students could listen to it

[单项选择]When she returned from the meeting, Miss Green found ______her lesson.


A. all her students listening to
B. many recorders listening to
C. every student recording

[单项选择]When Mr. Brown comes home late, he usually wakes his wife up.

[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]Who was Miss Fanny Jackson

[单项选择]What is Miss Barnes' job


A. Lawyer.
B. Supervisor.
C. Accountant.
D. Legal secretary.

[单项选择]What did Moss Brown do


A. He sold English goods in Rhode Island.
B. He drew designs of English machines for Samuel Slater.
C. he opened a mill in Rhode Island with Samuel Slater.
D. He left his native English to start a manufacturing business in the United States.

[单项选择]When in his rebellious years, that is when he was sixteen or eighteen, Frank Anderson （） going around with a strange set of people and staying our very late.
A. took to
B. took up
C. took on
D. took in

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All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition (strong wish) :to be the lucky customer(顾客) who did not have to pay for shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised. It said: "Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This may be your lucky day!"
For several weeks, Mrs. Edward’s hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer. Un like her friends, she never gave up hope. The cupboards in her kitchen were full of things which she did not need. It’s no use her husband trying to persuade her. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would come to her and said: "Madam, this is your lucky day. Everything in your basket is free."
One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea. She dashed back to the supermarket, got the tea and went to ward the ca
A. on the radio
B. from the manager
C. at the supermarket
D. from their friends