[单项选择]My new home was a long way from the center of London but it was becoming essential to find a job, so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the tube. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldn’t drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a band and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company. I would be a tube guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis. Obviously I would be overqualified hut I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges—those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city center.
The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after half an hour

[单项选择]My new home was a long way from the center of London but it was becoming essential to find a job, so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the tube. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldn’t drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a band and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company. I would be a tube guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis. Obviously I would be overqualified hut I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges—those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city center.
The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after half an ho
A. he could no longer afford to live without one
B. he wanted to work in the center of London
C. he had received suitable training
D. he was not interested in any other available job

[单项选择]After coming a long way from the valley, the little boy was rired and ______.
A. kind
B. excited
C. weak
D. lively

[填空题]Maria lives a long way from her office. Maria’s office isn’t ____________________ her home.

[单项选择]It’s a long way from London to Moscow but London to Sydney is even （）.
A. further
B. far
C. short
D. more

[判断题]Management in America
Do it my way
NEW YORK
Cultural differences between Japanese and American managers have presented the biggest obstacles to Japanese companies investing in America.
A seminar for Japanese executives working in America was attended by 25 men, nearly all of them in identical dark suits. Despite the room’s stifling heating system, they resolutely refused to remove their jackets. Their coffee break lasted exactly the scheduled ten minutes. They did not ask any questions until after they had got to know one another a bit better at lunch. They were usually deferential and always polite.
A similar seminar for 25 Americans working for Japanese subsidiaries in America included eight women. Several of the men removed their jackets on entering the room. A ten- minute coffee break stretched beyond 20 minutes. Participants asked questions and several aggressively contradicted what the speakers had to say.
According to M

[填空题]Why shouldn’t you make long stops on the way home after you have bought frozen foods They could become ______

[填空题]The long term, best way to control the pests HWA is spraying.