He studied very hard _____ he passed the exam.
A.so
B.that
C.so that
D.so that
A.so
B.that
C.so that
D.so that
Michael studied hard before the examination in mathematics, and it ______ . He made an A.
A.paid out
B.paid off
C.paid over
D.paid well
A. respective
B. respectful
C. respectable
D. respecting
He is working very hard to ______ the lost time in the past 10 years.
A.make of
B.make up for
C.make up
D.make out
I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(怪僻的) farmer. I had never met him before although I had heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn't the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.
It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn't know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. "She meant more to me than anyone... even my own wife!" he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal(丑闻). I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn(厩)"I wouldn't leave here out in the cold!" he said.
Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. "She was such a good cow! I wouldn't let anyone but a doctor touch her!" he said, and burst into tears again.
The underlined phrase make out in the first paragraph means ______.
A.expect
B.see clearly
C.hear clearly
D.understand
One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended to be ill. He lay on his bunk(铺) and groaned as if he were very sick. The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to look after. He told the man to rest for a few days and made the other sailors do his work. Three days later another sailor pretended that he had something wrong with his chest. Once more the captain looked in his medical books and told the "sick" man to have a rest.
The other sailors were very angry because they had more work to do. The patients had the best food and laughed at their friends when the captain was not looking. At last the mate (船长副手) decided to cure the "sick" men. He mixed up some soap, soot(烟灰) , glue(胶水) and other unpleasant things. Then he obtained permission from the captain to give his medicine to the "sick" men. When they tasted the medicine, they really did feel ill. It was so horrible that one of the patients jumped out of his bunk, ran up on deck and climbed the highest place on the ship. He did not want any more medicine.
The mate told both of the men that they must take the medicine every half an hour, night and day. This soon cured them. They both said they felt better and wanted to start work again. The captain realized that the men tried to deceive him so he made them work very hard for the rest of the voyage.
The first sailor pretended to be ill because he wanted to______.
A.test the captain's knowledge of medicine
B.be free from work
C.have the best food on the ship
D.play a joke on his friends
Of course, some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and success without this long and hard training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his car. He stopped and got out to speak to the girl. He asked if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test, and she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took the producer twenty minutes to convince Connie that he was serious. The test was successful. And within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon!
1. From the very beginning, the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession().
A.sought after by too many
B.too difficult for young people
C.for slim people only
D.one can go into without special training
2.For someone who feels he must act, it is very likely that ().
A.he will become a film star at long last
B.he will become a stage manager
C.he will be well paid
D.he will end up without any success
3.The film producer found Connie when she was() .
A.at work in a bicycle factory
B.driving past him in her car
C.going to a film studio
D.waiting for a bus
4.A few weeks after the test, Connie Pratt found herself ()
A.the most famous actress of the world
B.playing the leading female role in a play
C.as famous as the greatest actor of the world
D.no less famous than the leading actor of the day
5.The concluding sentence “chances like this happen once in a blue moon” means() .
A.his is something which happens once in a while
B.this is a highly profitable chance
C.his is something highly possible
D.this is a very rare chance
What is the most proper comment on Irving?
A.His works were very popular in England and the United States.
B.He was respected by many fellow writers.
C.He gained international fame by his personality and his works.
D.He is a gentleman.
A.so that
B.therefore
C.that
D.which