I should have told you! You ______ the entire house. Our cleaning lady phoned she's co
A. didn't need to clean
B. needn't have cleaned
C. don't need to clean
D. mustn't have cleaned
A. didn't need to clean
B. needn't have cleaned
C. don't need to clean
D. mustn't have cleaned
Speaker A: Thanks to John, we've lost our most important client.
Speaker B: I've told you he's not proper for the position.
Speaker A: ______
A.I don't really agree with you
B.I should have listened to you
C.It doesn't matter. I trust him
D.Thank you for being so helpful
Eventually a fortunate few will find their way into educational-repair shops—adult-literacy programs, such as the one where I teach basic grammar and writing. There, high-school graduates and high-school dropouts pursuing graduate-equivalency certificates will learn the skills they should have learned in school. They will also discover they have been cheated by our educational system.
I will never forget a teacher who got the attention of one of my children by revealing the trump card of failure. Our youngest, a world-class charmer, did little to develop his intellectual talents but always got by. Until Mrs. Stifter.
Our son was a high-school senior when he had her for English. "He sits in the back of the room talking to his friends," she told me. "Why don't you move him to the front row?" I urged, believing the embarrassment would get him to settle down. Mrs. Stifter said, "I don't move seniors. I flunk(使…不及格) them." Our son's academic life flashed before my eyes. No teacher had ever threatened him. By the time I got home I was feeling pretty good about this. It was a radical approach for these times, but, well, why not? "She's going to flunk you," I told my son. I did not discuss it any further. Suddenly English became a priority(头等要事) in his life. He finished out the semester with an A.
I know one example doesn't make a case, but at night I see a parade of students who are angry for having been passed along until they could no longer even pretend to keep up. Of average intelligence or better, they eventually quit school, concluding they were too dumb to finish. "I should have been held back," is a comment I hear frequently. Even sadder are those students who are high-school graduates who say to me after a few weeks of class, "I don't know how I ever got a high-school diploma."
Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduates to have basic skills. We excuse this dishonest behavior. by saying kids can't learn if they come from terrible environments. No one seems to stop to think that most kids don't put school first on their list unless they perceive something is at risk. They'd rather be sailing.
Many students I see at night have decided to make education a priority. They are motivated by the desire for a better job or the need to hang on to the one they've got. They have a healthy fear of failure.
People of all ages can rise above their problems, but they need to have a reason to do so. Young people generally don't have the maturity to value education in the same way my adult students value it. But fear of failure can motivate both.
What is the subject of this essay?
A.view point on learning
B.a qualified teacher
C.the importance of examination
D.the generation gap
destination, but to my_41_he coldly refused my offer. I asked him why. Finally he told me that he was afraid I would ask
him for money if |42him in this way.
Money! | fell deep into thought. Is it money that comes between us? Money has no___43it cannot be connected withgood or bad. The problem_44what attitude we have towards it.
At present, we have a more plentiful material life than ever before, but we're becoming more and more45_Why? Inmy opinion, the key is the change in people's personal_46They wrongly believe that making money should be their onlyaim in life, so they47all sorts of ways they can to realize this aim. They are afraid of being48and fooled. Ifeveryone acts like this, what will our society be like? Needless to say, money is becoming more and more important in our society,__49it shouldn't be the "be-all and endall” of life. If a person only concentrates on money, he will be lonely and void (空虚),and even go astray (犯错误).
It is up to us to make our lives happy, not money. We should try our best to help others50and freely. If everyonedoes so, our society will be better and better.
41.()
A joy
B fear
C excitement
D surprise
42. ()
A stopped
B told
C asked
D helped
43.()
A problem
B price
C lifte
D use
44. ()
A takes in
B depends on
C leads to
D smoothes away
45.()
A cold-hearted
B warm-hearted
C good-looking
D humorous
46. ()
A worth
B habits
C fame
D values
47.()
A think up
B come up
C give off
D break out
48. ()
A found
B discovered
C cheated
D followed
49.()
A or
B but
C if
D since
50. ()
A separately
B obviously
C mainly
D whole-heatedly
I (have been) told that he (will have come) if he (were) (able).
A.have been
B.will have come
C.were
D.able
______he was seriously ill, I wouldn't have told him the truth.
A.If I knew
B.If I know
C.Had I known
D.Did I know
A.Any I’d rather he ____ me the trut
B.Will; informed
C.Shall; told
D.Should; will tell
E.Can; covers
______ I'd have told you.
A.If I would have known it
B.If I had have known it
C.Had I known it
D.Should I known it
A.have I heard
B.I have heard
C.did I listen
D.I listened
I don't regret ______ even if it might have upset her.
A. to tell her what I thought
B. to have told her that I thought
C. telling what I thought
D. telling her what I thought
One day a lawyer's (律师) wife fell iii and he went to get a doctor. The doctor went to see tile woman, but before he went into the house he stopped. He knew that the lawyer never paid his bill (账单). So he said to the man, "But if I do cure (治愈) your wife I'm afraid you may not pay me."
"Sir," said the lawyer, '" here I have $ 500. Whether you cure my wife or whether you kill her I will give you all this."
The doctor was now sure of the payment and went into the house. When he reached the woman's bedside, it was soon clear to him that he could do little. She was badly iii, and though he gave her some medicine to take, she soon died.
He told the lawyer he was very sorry, then asked for the money.
"Did you kill my wife.'?" asked the lawyer.
"Of course not," said the doctor.
"Well, did you cure my wife?" asked the lawyer.
"I'm afraid that was impossible," answered the doctor.
"Well then, since you didn't kill her and you didn't cure her, I have nothing to pay you."
Before the doctor went into the lawyer's house he stopped because ______.
A.the lawyer was too poor to pay his bills
B.the lawyer had a bad name
C.he knew, well he couldn't cure the lawyer's wife
D.it was well-known that the lawyer would not be willing to pay what he should