Once a foreigner travelling in France came to Paris for a few days. (21) the very first day of his staying in the French capital he (22) a telegram to his wife (23) the name and address of the hotel (24) he was staying. Then he decided to go out and (25) the places of wonders in the capital. He took a long walk along the streets of the city, visiting a few museums and by the end of the (26) he felt tired.
He wanted to (27) the hotel to take a rest there, but suddenly he (28) he remembered 29 the name nor the address of the hotel. He felt quite (30) and slowly walked along the street, not knowing what to do. Suddenly he found (31) in front of a post office. He quickly ran inside and said (32) an excited voice. "Give me a telegram form, please. "" Here you are," a man answered, giving him a form. It did not (33) long to fill it in. A minute later he handed in
A. realized
B. noticed
C. considered
D. thought of
New figures from France, Germany and Italy -- the three biggest economies in the 12-country Eurozone- suggest the continent’s economic woes may have been exaggerated. In France, evidence emerged that consumer spending remained solid in July and August, rising 1.4% and 0.6% respectively. Forecasters had generally expected the July figure to show a 0.1% slippage, with August unchanged. But the figures were flattered slightly by a down grade to the June figure, to 0.7% from 1.5%.
With manufacturing in the doldrums across Europe and the U. S. , consumer spending has been increasingly seen as the best hope of stopping the global economic slowdown from turning into a recession. The French government said the news proved that the economy was holding up to the strain of the slowdown.
Meanwhile in Germany, new regional price figures went someway towards calming fears about inflation in Europe’s largest economy -- a key reason for the European Central Ban
A. The reason for the ECB's unwillingness to cut interest rates is that inflation was actually expected to fall in Germany.
B. In Germany consumer prices were falling.
C. Last year's oil prices dropping out of the year-on-year calculation directly leads to the drop of inflation.
D. The European Central Bank is willing to cut interest rat
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