The police had to employ force ______________ the crowd got out of control.
A.the instant B.at the instant
C.in an instant D.for an instant
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The police had to employ force ______________ the crowd got out of control.
A.the instant B.at the instant
C.in an instant D.for an instant
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It is believed that the tight employment market has forced job seekers to_______whatever work is available.
A. take up B. take down C. take off D. take on
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The police tried ________________ to break up the protest crowds.
A.in a vain | B.in vain | C.in the vain | D.for vain |
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Recently divorced(离婚), I had no job and was on my way downtown to go the rounds of the employment offices despite the great 36 . My old umbrella was broken, and I could not 37 another one.
I sat down in the streetcar — and there against the seat was a beautiful silk 38 with a silver handle inlaid (镶嵌) with gold. I had 39 seen anything so lovely.
I 40 the handle and saw a 41 . I got off the streetcar and 42 opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a 43 book for the name on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered.
Yes, she said in 44 , that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her for a birthday present. 45 , she added, it had been stolen at school (she was a teacher) more than a year before.
She was so excited that I 46 I was 47 a job and went directly to her house. She took the umbrella, her 48 filled with tears.
I refused the 49 she gave me. We talked for a while, and I must have given her my address. I don’t remember.
The next six months were 50 . I was able to obtain 51 here and there. l reached the lowest point in my 52 . Unless a miracle happened, I would be homeless in January, foodless, jobless.
Christmas Eve came. No money to buy my daughter a gift. I was sobbing (抽泣) in the cold little kitchen 53 the doorbell rang and my daughter Peggy ran to answer it. He was a postman, and his arms were 54 of parcels. “This is a mistake” I said, but he read the name on the parcels and there were for me.
Peggy and I sat on the floor and opened them. I looked for the name of the sender. It was the teacher. The address was 55 “California”, where she had moved.
1.A. cloud B. rain C. wind D. snow
2.A. search B. catch C. afford D. sell
3.A. raincoat B. seat C. book D. umbrella
4.A. never B. ever C. almost D. nearly
5.A. concluded B. examined C. learned D. helped
6.A. name B. address C. card D. demand
7.A. deliberately B. specially C. sadly D. thankfully
8.A. technology B. engine C. telephone D. medicine
9.A. anger B. surprise C. danger D. sorrow
10.A. And B. But C. So D. Or
11. A. forgot B. remembered C. indicated D. decided
12.A. applied for B. watching for C. asking for D. looking for
13.A. face B. nose C. eyes D. ear
14.A. reward B. prize C. present D. umbrella
15. A. freezing B. surprising C. shocking D struggling
16.A. failures B. successes C. jobs D. wages
17.A. heart B. favor C. work D. life
18.A. as B. while C. when D. then
19.A. proud B. full C. careful D. glad
20. A. simply B. directly C. finally D. nearly
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Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a largePrivate library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.
When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobodypaid any attention to the workers' houses or their children's education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.
Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children's education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.
People came from all over the country to visit Owen's factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825,but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.
Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad.
He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. "If you give people good working conditions," he thought, "they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people."
1.For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was _____________.
A. improving worker's houses B. helping people to save money
C. preventing men from getting drunk D. providing the children with a good education
2.From the passage we may infer that Owen was born ___________.
A. into a rich family B. into a noble family
C. into a poor family D. into a middle class family
3.Owen's experiment in the United States failed because _______.
A. he lost all his money
B. he did not buy enough land
C. people who visited it were not impressed
D. it was too far away for him to organize it properly
4.We may infer form the passage that no children in Britain could enjoy free education until ____.
A. 1771 B. 1816 C. 1825 D. 1860
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The thief was about to leave the room when the police ______ and caught him.
A.got up B.turned up C.kept up D.made up
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The violent disturbances in Bangkok had progressed to a point ________ the police had to drive away the protestants with tear gas.
A.from which | B.that | C.where | D.what |
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Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent (监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.
When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers’ houses or their children’s education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.
Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children’s education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.
People came from all over the country to visit Owen’s factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.
Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. “If you give people good working conditions,” he thought, “they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people.”
1.For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was ______.
A. improving worker’s houses B. helping people to save money
C. preventing men from getting drunk D. providing children with good education
2.Owen’s experiment in the United States failed because ______.
A. he lost all his money as he expected B. he did not buy enough land for his future plan
C. people who visited it were not impressed D. it was too far away for him to organize it properly
3.Owen did the following things EXPECT _______.
A. educate himself in his spare time B. buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland
C. encourage people to save money D. improve people’s working condition
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Peter Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.
When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers' houses or their children's education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.
Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children's education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.
People came from all over the country to visit Owen's factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.
Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. "If you give people good working conditions," he thought, "they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people."
1.For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was _______.
A. improving worker's houses
B. helping people to save money
C. preventing men from getting drunk
D. providing the children with a good education
2. From the passage we may infer that Owen was born _______.
A. into a rich family B. into a noble family
C. into a poor family D. into a middle class family
3.Owen's experiment in the United States failed because _______.
A. he lost all his money
B. he did not buy enough land
C. people who visited it were not impressed
D. it was too far away for him to organize it properly
4. We may infer form the passage that no children in Britain could enjoy free education until
____.
A. 1771 B. 1816 C. 1825 D. 1860
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Mum had forced me to follow my elder sister Evelyn to the market to give her 1. hand with the bags of foodstuffs she was returning with. I had been 2. (happy) all the way from home to the market, and I got even more annoyed when Evelyn began to give 3. (instruct) to me. Each comment made my face shrink and wrinkle harder like cucumber (黄瓜) 4. had spent weeks of abandonment in the refrigerator. Evelyn had finished 5. (buy) all she wanted to buy but was still directing me when this little girl caught her eye.
She 6. (dress) in dirty clothes and stood confidently eating her bread slowly and carefully. “What is your name?” “My name is Saidat,” she 7. (respond). Saidat was five years old, she was smart, and had very little fear. She told 8. (we) of how she lost parents in the explosion in the market over a week ago, and since then she had been crawling from beneath one market table 9. another.
Evelyn and I were drawn to Saidat and we decided to take her home with us. 10. was difficult to predict what our parents’ reaction to Saidat would be, but this little girl was fearless-she encouraged us to be too.
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