[简答题]Although, he joined the firm only last year, he is already senior to me.

[简答题]Zambia’s copper industry, which only last year still boasted a rosy future, seems to be staggering towards a rather gloomier end. A group of worried bystanders—the World Bank, the Zambian government, private investors, the mine workers and their families—are looking on, wringing their hands. Some 15,000 jobs and Zambia’s biggest industry are threatened by the mines’ possible closure. What has gone wrong Consider first the invisible hand of the market. Zambia’s copper is too expensive. Two years ago, when the mines were privatized, it cost 100 cents to dig out every pound of copper. But the world price at the time was just 84 cents. Last year, efficiency improved and the Konk01a Copper Mines (the country’s largest) turned out a pound of copper for 85 cents. But that, sadly, was still well over the market price, which had by then fallen to 75 cents.

[单项选择]It was until last year had he （　）.
A. left his hometown for a new start
B. came to realize the importance of learning English
C. worked as an English teacher at a middle school
D. set out to build a new house of his own

[填空题]The motorbike cost him 7000 yuan last year. He ______ 7000 yuan ______ the motorbike last year.

[填空题]Last year，he______(坚持接管市郊的那个分公司)．

[填空题]Since he was burnt in the fire last year, ____________________(他不知不觉地避免当众有所举动)—shaking hands, applauding at a concert, standing up to answer questions.

[简答题]Although he had just joined the company，__________(他的待遇与其他老雇员完全一样)．

[填空题]Last year my friends and I went camping.
Last year I went camping______.

[填空题]Not only __________(这家工厂完成生产任务)last year, but it also doubled its output.

[单项选择]What did the woman learn last year
A. Art.
B. Sewing.
C. Computer.
D. Cooking.

[填空题]Last week he promised that he (come)（）today, but he hasn’t arrived yet.