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W: I’m free today. Can you think of doing something
M: Well … How about swimming in the country
W: Mm. Good idea. We haven’t done it for ages.

What is the man doing （）
A. Taking a ride.
B. Making a suggestion.
C. Swimming.

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W: I’m free today. Can you think of doing something
M: Well … How about swimming in the country
W: Mm. Good idea. We haven’t done it for ages.

What is the man doing（　）.
A. Taking a ride.
B. Making a suggestion.
C. Swimming.

[单项选择]What do you think the woman is doing
A. She is making food.
B. She is looking for a cook.
C. She is doing nothing.

[单项选择]—Can you tell me why you learn English so well
—It’s very simple. ______ you work, ______ grades you will get.
A. The harder; the best B. Harder; better
B. The harder; the better

[填空题]Don’t you think it is a waste of time doing such (mean) （） work all day long without any hope.

[单项选择]You’ve now heard it so many times, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to consume more; they need—believe it or not—to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.
And it’s all true. But the other side of that equation is that the U. S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets.
In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. As we’ve seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but their aging parents. And there is, to date, publicly-funded health care and pension systems which increases incentives for individuals to save while they are working. But China is a society that has long esteemed personal financial prudence (谨慎). There is no chance that will cha
A. The more one saves, the more returns one will reap.
B. A country’s economy hinges on its savings policy.
C. Those who keep saving will live an easy life in the end.
D. A healthy savings rate promotes economic prosperity.

[填空题]Where can you have meals in the Gardens You can have your meals in__________.

[单项选择]You have spent your money in so free and unrestrained a way. I think you’ll have to （　） your expenses more or less.
A. cut off
B. cut down
C. cut out
D. cut across

[填空题]Mr. Black, can you _____ a minute for me I have something important to tell you.

[单项选择]C Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect.But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled—to $1.01 per pack——smokers have jammed telephone“quit lines”across the country seeking to kick the habit. This is not a surprise to public health advocates.Theyve studied the effect of state tax increases for years，finding that smokers，especially teens，are price sensitive.Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercely fights every tax increase. The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message.Tobacco taxes improve public health，they raise money and most particularly,the deter people from taking up the habit as teens，which is when nearly all smokers are addicted.Yet the rate of taxation varies widely. In Manhattan，for instance，which has the highest tax in the nation，a pack of Marlboro Light Kings cost $10.06 at one drugstore.In Charleston，S.C., where the 7centapack tax
A. the price of cigarettes
B. the rate of teen smoking
C. the effect of tobacco tax increase
D. the differences in tobacco tax rate