[简答题]Why are you so late I _________for you all the time.

[简答题]Why are you so late I _________for you all the time.

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M: Why were you so late for class this morning
W: My bicycle was broken on the road.

Why was the woman late for class （）
A. Her bicycle was broken.
B. She got up late.
C. The bus was late.
D. There was something wrong with the car.

[单项选择]"Please ______ why you’re so late", said his girlfriend.
A. excuse
B. explain
C. apologize
D. tell

[单项选择]　　Do you ever feel as though you spend all your time in meetings 　　Henry Mintzberg, in his book The Nature of Managerial Work, found that in large organizations managers spent 22 per cent of their time at their desk, 6 per cent on the telephone, 3 per cent on other activities, but a whopping 69 per cent in meetings. 　　There is a widely-held but mistaken belief that meetings are for "solving problems" and "making decisions". For a start, the number of people attending a meeting tends to be inversely proportional to their collective ability to reach conclusions and make decisions. And these are the least important elements. 　　Instead hours are devoted to side issues, playing elaborate games with one another. It seems, therefore, that meetings serve some purpose other than just making decisions. 　　All meetings have one thing in common: role-playing. The most formal role is that of chairman. He sets the agenda, and a good chairman will keep the meeting running on time and to the point
A. talks as much as participants.
B. is usually a "constant talker".
C. prefers to take the role of an observer.
D. is frequently outshone by participants.

[单项选择]Why was I so late in getting home（　）.
A. My boss was working on the reports.
B. I would have to finish the reports before the end of next month.
C. I was directed to stay late and finish some work.

[单项选择]Why was the man so late（）
A. Something is wrong with the bus.
B. He took somebody to hospital.
C. Something prevented him taking the bus.
D. He came on foot instead of taking the bus.

[单项选择]Why was the woman so late？（）
A. Something’vent wrong with the bus.
B. She took somebody to hospital.
C. She didn’t catch the bus.
D. An traffic accident happened to her.

[简答题]Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. And it is, as always, such a personal pleasure for me to join this remarkable gathering. And I look out at this audience and there are just too many people here who deserve recognition to name all of you, so let me just express my deep appreciation to all the representatives of foreign governments as well as the leaders and advocates who are here with us and who will be sharing the stage. And of course, I do want to thank someone very special, namely my husband, for organizing this event – (applause) – and instilling it with his very special spirit of activism, innovation, and commitment that is contagious.

[单项选择]Why did the men get to sleep so late
A. He is doing some medicine research.
B. He talked with his friend.
C. He felt pain.

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M: Dora, why were you late for class this morning
W: I missed the bus.

Why was Dora late（　）.
A. She didn’t know the time.
B. She forgot her class.
C. She didn’t catch the bus.

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M: Nancy, why were you late for class this morning
W: I overslept and missed the bus.

Why was Nancy late （）
A. She forgot her class.
B. Her clock was wrong.
C. The bus was late.
D. She got up later than usual.