[填空题]No more messages were heard so that we began to worry if George was dead．

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name, my legs were so weak I could only hardly stand up." she laughs. So

[填空题]If we (know)（）that the books were available, we would have bought them yesterday.

[单项选择]We hadn’t expected a power cut so we were astonished when the whole house was ______ into darkness.
A. dived
B. plunged
C. drowned
D. dropped

[单项选择]They were so behaved in the debate that we find it difficult not to admire them.
A. 他们在辩论中如此表现了一番，以至于我们不得不称赞他们。
B. 他们在辩论中表现非常出色，我们很难不佩服他们。
C. 他们在辩论中行为得体，使我们觉得难以超越他们。
D. 他们的辩论表现很糟糕，我们很难不为他们难过。

[单项选择]We were so greatly (attracted) by the beauty of the West Lake that we decided to visit Hangzhou again the next year.
A. fascinated
B. disturbed
C. fooled
D. surprised

[填空题]So we asked our friends to help us. So we asked our friends ______ ______.

[填空题]So we asked our friends to help us.
So we asked our friends ______ ______.

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We were beginning to get more and more fed up with the "holiday by the sea". We always used to go to the south coast regularly for a fortnight every summer. There was not a chance to have a proper summer holiday last year, so we decided we’d better have some sort of a winter holiday. Some friends of ours told us we might not enjoy a skiing holiday, that it was always so cold you had to go skiing just to keep warm. We only had eight days instead of our normal fortnight a way. All together, with the return flight, accommodation (住宿), etc. , it came to about ￡ 135 for the three of us. And it was worth every penny, I mean. I work hard all the year round. I need a complete change and I’m willing to pay for it. I’d certainly recommend a holi day like this to anyone. We saved up for it;, by the way, by cutting down on luxuries.

What is meant by "cutting down on luxuries" in the last sentence（　）.
A. To spend as little as you like.
B. To spend as much as you like.
C. To spend as little as possible on luxuries.
D. Not to spend on luxuries.