My grandfather had always taken a _______interest
in my work, and I had an equal admiration for the stories of his time.
A)splendid B)weighty C)vague D)keen
in my work, and I had an equal admiration for the stories of his time.
A)splendid B)weighty C)vague D)keen
A. savings
B. will
C. credit card
D. cash machine
(1). My grandfather used to ().
A、drink a lot
B、work very hard
C、be the manager
(2). He was () when he came home.
A、 very pleasant
B、excited
C、easy to get angry
(3). When I was a child, I ().
A、 liked him very much
B、I hated him
C、was afraid of him
(4). Doctors asked him to ()after he had a stroke.
A、 stop working
B、change his attitude
C、work less
(5). When he died, he ().
A、 was feeling worried
B、was irritable
C、was a happy man
The clock had stopped because Winthrop had put some long glass tubes he was using for an experiment into the box for safekeeping. The quake had knocked the tubes over and blocked the pendulum. Winthrop, therefore, had the exact time that the earthquake had hit Boston. He looked at the key on the floor. The quake had thrown it forward in the direction of the quake's motion by a shock coming from the northwest, perhaps in Canada.
This passage suggests that ______.
A.John Winthrop had difficulty in sleeping
B.earthquakes are common in Boston
C.Boston was a center for clock-making
D.John Winthrop was a scientist
then,___ he, s in his nineties.
A.as long as
B.asif
C.even though
D.in case
A.That thin man with glasses is a policewoman
B.That thin and old man is a policeman
C.The old man is my grandfather
When she heard from the hospital that her grandfather had died, she______ into tears.
A.exploded
B.went
C.looked
D.broke
People don't use their middle names very much. So" John Henry Brown" is usually called "John Brown". People never use Mr.; Mrs. or Miss before their first names. So you can say John Brown, or Mr. Brown; but you should never say Mr. John. They use Mr. , Mrs. or Miss with the family name but never with the first name.
Sometimes people ask me about my name. "When were you born, why did your parents call you Jim?" they ask. "Why did they choose that name? The answer is they didn't call me Jim. They called me James. James was the name of my grandfather'. In England, people usually call me Jim for short. That's because it is shorter and easier than James.
Most English people have ______ name(s).
A.one
B.two
C.three
D.four
The reason for my absence was ______ I had fallen ill.
A.why
B.because
C.for
D.that
I began to iron the white dress that my daughter had ______ from the wardrobe.
A.Obtained
B.taken
C.brought
D.Collected