When he came back with plenty of money, his f...

When he came back with plenty of money, his father _______ three days before.

A. had died　 B. was dead

C. died　　　　 D. had been dead

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When he came to, he found himself ____a chair, with his hands_____back..

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When he came to, he found himself ______ on a chair, with his hands ______ back.

A. to sit; tying    B. sitting; tying     C. seating; tied     D. seated; tied

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My father had just come back from his short-term business visit to England when I came in, rather late, to dinner. I could tell that my parents had been talking about something in that half-playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, "How would you like to go to Eton?"

"You bet." I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools. You had to be entered at birth, if not before. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I understood my father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class, our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a remarkably low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100.

This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. Alas! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict with his fear of drawing attention to himself.

It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world he thought he might just as well phone them. I remember my eyes stinging and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness.

"Oh, he doesn't want to go away," said my mother, "You shouldn't go on like this.” “It's up to him," said my father. "He can make up his own mind."

1.The writer's father sold his Roils-Royce because ________.

A. it was bought at a low price　　 B. it frequently broke down

C. it was a second-hand car　　 D. it made him feel uneasy

2.The writer's father would enjoy being different unless ________.

A. there was no danger of showing off　　 B. it drew much attention to him

C. it was understood as a joke　　 D. it didn't bring him in arguments

3.The writer felt ________ about the idea of going to Eton.

A. unhappy　　 B. unbelievable

C. delighted.　　 D. complicated

4.Based on the passage we know that ________.

A. it is not easy for children to get admitted by Eton

B. children can go to Eton if they would like to

C. children who can go to Eton are very famous

D. children can’t decide whether they will go to Eton

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Not until his father came back ____________ to bed.

A. he went　　 B. did he go

C. went he　　 D. he did go

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When he came back, his _________ look on his face, he failed in the interview.

A. disappointed　　 B. disappointing

C. encouraged　　 D. encouraging

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When Noah Ready-Campbell was a young adult, he worked for his father’s construction company. Back then, he dreamed of a day when robots might take over the dirty, repetitive（重复的）parts of his job, such as earth moving. Years later, Ready-Campbell left his job as an engineer with Google to make that dream come true.

Ready-Campbell formed a company called Built Robotics, which develops technology to produce self-driving heavy equipment. Ready-Campbell says the company’s goal is to make construction safer, faster and less costly. The construction industry struggles to find skilled workers and faces a growing number of unfinished projects. But self-operating machines are changing the nature of building.

Workers at Berich Masonry in Englewood, Colorado, recently spent several weeks learning how to operate a robot called SAM, or the Semi-Automated Mason. SAM is a $400,000 machine from the company Construction Robotics, It can lay 3,000 bricks in eight hours. That’s several times more than a human bricklayer can do in the same period. But humans are still needed to load bricks into the SAM and make sure it works right. Bricklayer Michael Walsh says the SAM lessens the load on his body. But he doesn’t think it will take his job.

Brian Kennedy agrees, too. His organization supports the rights of construction workers in the United States and Canada. Kennedy says the union is not worried that machines will replace human workers any time soon.

The rise of construction robots comes as the building industry faces a severe decrease in labor supply. One recent study showed that 70 percent of construction businesses have a difficult time finding skilled workers. Mike Moy heads a mining operation for the building materials supplier Lehigh Hanson. He says it’s difficult to find people who even know how to operate some of the necessary equipment. “Nobody wants to get their hands dirty any more. They want a nice, clean job in an office,” he noted.

1.What does the first paragraph say about Noah Ready-Campbell?

A. He enjoys doing repetitive work.

B. He is now an employee of Google.

C. He used to work in construction field.

D. He joined Google to realize that dream.

2.Which of the following is one of the aims of Built Robotics?

A. Increasing construction speed.

B. Enlarging construction quantity.

C. Improving construction designs.

D. Changing construction steps.

3.What can be inferred about SAM from the text?

A. It can totally replace human bricklayers.

B. It is complexly built but easy to operate.

C. It is unable to work completely automatically.

D. It is cheap but works much faster than humans.

4.In Mike Moy’s opinion, what prevents many construction businesses from finding skilled workers?

A. Their low pay.　　 B. Their potential risks.

C. Their heavy work loads.　　 D. Their poor working conditions.

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It was ＿＿＿ he came back from school today ＿＿＿ he found his new book missing.

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---When did he meet his wife for the first time？

---It was _________ he came back from Africa that year _________ he met his wife.

A. when; then        B. not until; that C. not; until       D. only; when

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He turned his back __________ me and refused to lend me any money when I lost my job .

A. in　　 B.　　 to　　 C.　 of　　 D. about

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