[单项选择] Ten years ago I used to be very fit. I cycled to work during the week days and I got a lot of exercise at the weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I had a job in an office, but I did not have many things to do, so I didn’’t earn very much. I knew it was not a very good job but I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed doing. Then, about eight years ago, I got a much better job. The pay was better. But the hours were a lot longer, too. I bought a car and drove to work every day. I began to take people out to lunch. "Expense account lunches". And I began to put on weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and going for long walks at the weekend because I just didn’’t have any time for things like that any more. There’’s a lot of stress in a job like mine. Perhaps that’’s why I started drinking more than I used to. For example, I used to have only half a glass of whisky when I got home, then I started filling the glass to the top. Then I had
A. the lunches are paid for by his company
B. he paid the lunches by himself
C. the people who went to the lunches had to pay
D. the lunches were really very expensive

[单项选择] Ten years ago I used to be very fit. I cycled to work during the week days and I got a lot of exercise at the weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I had a job in an office, but I did not have many things to do, so I didn’’t earn very much. I knew it was not a very good job but I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed doing. Then, about eight years ago, I got a much better job. The pay was better. But the hours were a lot longer, too. I bought a car and drove to work every day. I began to take people out to lunch. "Expense account lunches". And I began to put on weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and going for long walks at the weekend because I just didn’’t have any time for things like that any more. There’’s a lot of stress in a job like mine. Perhaps that’’s why I started drinking more than I used to. For example, I used to have only half a glass of whisky when I got home, then I started filling the glass to the top. Then I had
A. the ups and downs of life may have no predictable plan
B. everyone has his or her prime years to experience again after the "prime" in his or her 20’s
C. at what age you are smartest in your life
D. at what age you are happiest in your life