[单项选择]A) His health is getting worse. B) He can no longer work at sea.
C) His past life upsets him a good deal. D) He has not got the expected pension.

[填空题]When he left his parents he promised them that he would ______ (尽量多写家信).

[单项选择]When he lost his jobs he tried to（）his fortunes by robbing a bank.
A. revive
B. retrieve
C. rectify
D. recycle

[填空题]language of his foes so he can read what the London papers were______.

[单项选择]He can’t ______ ignorance as his excuse; he should have known what was happening in his own department.
A. insist
B. refer
C. plead
D. defend

[单项选择]If your child only picks at his food, he can be trained to be a good eater.
That will happen only when you’ve changed some of your own habits. Your child only accidentally discovered that being a bad eater meant getting lots of rewards from you. But you, as a parent, can easily undo your child’s bad eating habits.
I recall the case of little Sally Sanders, aged three-and-a-half, who was angrily described by her mother as being, "the worst eater I’ve ever seen in my life! I can’t get her to eat anything. I’m afraid she’s going to grow up sick and weak, that’s how little she eats."
"What do you do when she won’t eat her food " I asked.
Her voice showing a very high state of pique, Mrs. Sanders continued resentfully, "Every time we have a meal, I wind up having a big fight with Sally. I scream and shout a lot at her. She makes me so mad when she won’t eat her food. I warn her she needs a good, well-balanced meal to grow up healthy. She’s just a stubborn child w
A. has no taste for food.
B. eats bad food.
C. pay no attention to nutrition of food at all.
D. picks at the food and eats very little.

[单项选择]Out of __________ for his health, we suggested he take a week off work.
A. worry
B. anxiety
C. concern
D. considering

[单项选择]His temper and personality show that he can become a soldier of the top （）
A. circle
B. rank
C. category
D. grade

[单项选择]A. He can give her some of his notes. B. He has no idea of economics.
C. He didn’t take any economics class. D. He’s happy to lend her his notes.

[单项选择]He finished the work（　）the cost of his health.
A. at
B. on
C. with
D. in

[单项选择]"Where can I find Jim " "He is ______ his work. He won’’ t leave the lab until 6:00 p. m."
A. on
B. over
C. at
D. under