When, in 1976. John Midgley was awarded the CBE for telling readers of The Economist about the United States, he took particular delight in the fact that he went by bus from work to accept the decoration from Queen Elizabeth (who was staying in Blair House in Washington), and was in and out quick enough, drinking up a gin and tonic without a stop, to use the transfer ticket to go out to dinner.
He was a print hack all his life, spending freely on fun and friends, but never bothering to make his name known or his wallet fatter, with books or broadcasting. The possessor of free intelligence, he was not on a soap-box, or concentrated on influencing the great and good, though he got their attention just the same. His job, he once said, "was to assist the reading public to understand what was going on". He conveyed his liberal view of the world with great clarity but "if you can’t give [people] useful information, you can shut up." He finally did shut
A. making funs
B. making friends
C. making himself famous
D. truth editing
When John and Victoria Falls arrived in
New York from London for a one-year stay, they did not bring many things with
them. They had planned either to live in a furnished (配备家具)apartment or to buy
used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more
people are using. The renting (出租;租用) of home furnishings (beds, tables,
dishes, and so on) has become one of America’s fastest growing
business. What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them Many kinds of people, international businessmen, government officials, airline workers, young married couples -- the people whose jobs may force them to move frequently(频繁) from one city (or country ) to another. They saved the trouble and cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people A. a new way of buying furniture B. a new way of moving from place to place C. why some people rent their furniture D. how some people rent their furniture 我来回答: 提交
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