[填空题]It is a great pity that we (not catch)______the train.

[填空题]It is a great pity that we (not catch)______the train.

[填空题]It is a great pity that we (not catch) ______ the train.

[填空题]It’s a pity we didn’t do more sport when I was at school. could I wish that ____________________ more sport when I was at school.

[单项选择]Leaving for work in plenty of time to catch the train will ______ worry about being late.
A. rule off
B. prevent
C. avoid
D. obviate

[单项选择]It’s a great pity that the girl _________ halfway and dropped out of the competition.
A. gave off
B. gave out
C. gave over
D. gave up

[填空题]Will: What a pity, we couldn’ t see the film last night.
Bill: ______

[单项选择]After making a great effort, we finally ______ the plan.
A. carded on
B. carded out
C. carried off
D. carded over

[单项选择]There appears to be a great variation as to the treatment that older adults receive, ranging from extreme reverence and respect to abandonment and deprivation with a broad range of studies dealing with perceptions of old agc. Most investigators report findings which support the view that attitudes toward the elderly were most favorable in primitive societies and decrease with increasing modernization to the point of generally negative view in industrialized Western nations. In other words, the more "civilized" the society is, the more likely they are to be ageist and maintain negative attitudes about the aged. Some examples may be helpful. Men in the Middle East view old age as life’s summit. Older men are viewed as having attained high status and prestige. In fact, the word "sheik" originally meant "old man". No mention is, however, made of women’s status in old age in the Middle East. Women’s status and power does increase in many cultures following menopause. It is stat
A. There is a wide variation.
B. There is a great decease.
C. There is an important finding.
D. There is an interesting contrast.