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Why did Nancy and her husband lose their dream house?
A.They couldn" t pay the whole amount for the house at once.
B.Someone else offered more money for the house.
C.They couldn"t afford the advance for the house.
D.The house owner decided not to sell the house.
Passage 1
Back in the carefree days of the Noughties boom, Britain’s youngsters were swept along by the buy-now-pay-later culture embraced by consumers up and down the country. During a decade of near?full employment, many _1_ quickly from one job—and one credit card—to another, and rainy days were such a distant memory that they _2_ seemed worth saving for. But with the supply of cheap credit _3_ up and a generation of school and university leavers about to _4_ the recession-hit job market, thousands of young people with no memory of the early 1990s recession are shocked into the _5_ that the world of 2009 is very different. Katie Orme, 19,who lives in Birmingham, says she has decided never to get a credit card after seeing the problems that her parents and 22year-old sister have had with debt—just one of the _6_ lessons that she has had to learn. Orme finished her A-levels a year ago, and has been searching for a job—and living at home with her parents—ever since. She has had to _7_ on to support herself and is now on a 12-week internship (实习期)at the Prince’s Trust to improve her _8_ . The Trust says that the number of calls from _9_ people such as Orme has shot up by 50% over six months. “It’s so hard to get a job at the moment,” she says, “it’s better to go and get more qualifications so when more jobs are _10_ you will be better suited.”
A) sign
B) skipped
C) available
D) mostly
E) anxious
F) mug
G) hardly
H) remedy
I) realization
J) dynamic
K) resume
L) tough
M) neglected
N) drying
O) flood
第1空答案是:
A、are trapping
B、have been trapped
C、were trapping
D、had been trapped
After an 11,000-mile flight across the globe, Dolby was greeted by Johnstone's astonished flatmate asking what she was doing there. "It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us," she told The Times.
"He is the most romantic(浪漫的)person I have ever known. I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive(易冲动的)people. We are always trying to surprise each other. "
Johnstone, a 27-year-old construction worker, had taken a year off to travel round Australia. But he was missing Dolby, a 26-year-old secretary, so much that he got a job on a Sydney building site and started saving for a surprise. He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement(订婚) ring and flowers.
"I really missed Amy and I'd been thinking about her all the time. I thought she was winding me up when she phoned me from Australia. " he said.
Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone. "I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but I accepted. " she said.
Where are Johnstone and Dolby from?
A.Both are from Britain.
B.Both are from Australia.
C.Johnstone's from Britain, Dolby Australia.
D.Johnstone's from Australia, Dolby Britain.
A
Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to ask her to marry him. The problem is she did the same in the opposite direction. He and Amy Dolby e-ven managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.
After an 11 ,000-mile 'flight across the globe, Dolby was greeted by Johnstone'S astonished flatmate asking what she was doing there. "It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us, " she told The Times.
" He is the most romantic(浪漫的 ) person I have ever known I think our problem is that we
are both quite impulsive (易冲动的 ) people. We are always trying to surprise each other. " .
Johnstone, a 27-year-old construction worker, had taken a year off to travel round Australia.
But he was missing Dolby , a 26-year-old secretary , so much that he got a job on a Sydney building
site and started saving for a surprise. He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement(订婚) ring and flowers.
"I really missed Amy and I' d been thinking about her all the time. I thought she was winding me up when she phoned me from Australia. " he said.
Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone. "I didn ' t know whether to laugh or cry, but I accepted. " she said.
56. Where are Johnstone and Dolby from?
[A]Both are from Britain.
[B] Both are from Australia.
[C] Johnstone ' s from Britain Dolby Australia.
[D] Johnstone ' s from Australia, Dolby Britain.
She was () because she had been put into a dorm that had people from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.
A、restrained
B、distressed
C、crumble
D、tumbled
Somehow she felt that she herself had to some ______ been the cause of all this trouble.
A.extent
B.respect
C.manner
D.effect
40 Why did the author almost fall on the floor';
A Because she had been working too hard.
B Because she had been deceived.
C Because she could hardly believe her eyes
D Because she had been tripped
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