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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

Why does the speaker ask the questions （　）
A. To check the students’ understanding of the story.
B. To draw the students’ attention to reading skills.
C. To let the students discuss father-son relationships.
D. To motivate the students.

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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. Agrochemicals exports.
B. Dyestuff and pigments.
C. Insecticides and fertilizers.

[单项选择]When I read the news last week that the U.S. Postal Service plans to close or consolidate as many as 2,000 branches in the next two years, my heart (62) a little. There’s something wistfully beautiful about the idea of the doors staying open at some remote post office (63) main customer is a bearded old codger with an EBay habit. But even as postal delivery (64) , you have to (65) that the soul of the whole enterprise---the sweet ache of (66) -- was lost long ago.
More often than not, I find myself taking the mail from the box and depositing it (67) into the trash--"mail" apparently also being a euphemism (委婉说法) for fliers (68) carpet cleaning companies. This (69) me just a little bit each day (70) , like many people who work from home, I revel(着迷)in any (71) , and retrieving the mail still seems like a (72) reason to rise from my desk. When I lived in an apartment in New York City, it was not