[填空题]When we went out for the picnic we met a heavy ______ along the main road.

[填空题]When we went out for the picnic we met a heavy ______ along the main road.

[单项选择]Hardly（）when the lights went out.
A. the performance had begun
B. had the performance begun
C. the performance began
D. did the performance begin

[单项选择]When he went out, he would wear sunglasses ______ nobody would recognize him.
A. so that
B. now that
C. as though
D. in case

[单项选择]When his daughter Mary went out for her evening walk Doctor Cochran sat for an hour alone m his office. It began to grow dark and the man who all afternoon had been sitting on chairs and boxes before the livery barn across the street went home for the evening meal. The noise of voices grew faint and sometimes for five or ten minutes there was silence. Then from some distant street came a child’s cry. Presently church bells began to ring.
The Doctor was not a very neat man and sometimes for several days he forgot to shave. With a long lean hand he stroked his half grown beard. His illness had struck deeper than he had admitted even to himself and his mind had an inclination to float out of his body. Often when he sat thus his hands lay in his lap and he looked at them with a child’s absorption. It seemed to him they must belong to someone else. He grew philosophic." It’s an odd thing about my body. Here I’ve lived in it all these years and how little use I have had of it. Now it’s
A. had intended to go for a walk with Mary
B. had to fight with acute depression
C. liked to grow his beard in purpose
D. was suffering from a fatal disease

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OK! When we met last week, we talked about different kinds of short stories and some well-known short story writers. I remember that many of you said you liked the American writer Earnest Hemingway, right I hope you all followed my advice and finished reading his story "A day’s wait", because as I said, we’re going to study it together in today’s lesson. Now since you’re supposed to have read this story, let’s have some discussion. Please look at the four questions on the blackboard. First, when and where does the story take place Second, what does the boy read for in the story and what kind of person does he show himself to be Third, what kind of person is the boy’s father Four, what is the writer’s main purpose of writing the story I’d like you to work in groups of four or five and present your answers in ten minutes. Is everything clear

What did the speaker ask the students to do the week before （　）
A. Write a short story.
B. Prepare for the lesson.
C. Learn more about the writer.
D. Help their mother.

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F: Mr. Mitchell, when we last met, time did not permit us to discuss Sinochem’s exports of agrochemicals. Shall we review these now before we continue our discussions on dyestuffs and organic pigments
M: I think that might be a good idea, Madam Li. Our time in Beijing is growing short and I do wish to take home as much information as I can.
F: This catalogue describes our agrochemicals’ exports, which include insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and plant growth regulators, as well as fertilizers.
M: We would like to take home a number of copies of this catalogue, if we may, for review by our marketing division. In the meantime, however, it would appear that insecticides would be of primary interest.
F: Certainly, Mr. Mitchell. Just let me know how many copies you want and will have them delivered to your hotel before you leave.
M: Oh, half a dozen will be fine for now.
F: I will make sure this is done. May we now conti
A. 10 metric tons.
B. 12 metric tons.
C. 14 metric tons.