[填空题]I was (on the verge) of (incurring) Mr. Rochester’s wrath by not listening to his prohibitions, (while) a ray once more shone almost (imperceptibly) on the hallway wall and I heard his muffled step on the carpet.

• A. on the verge
• B. incurring
• C. while
• D. imperceptibly

[填空题]I was on the verge of incurring Mr. Rochester’s wrath by not listening to his prohibitions, while a ray once more shone almost imperceptibly on the hallway wall and I heard his muffled step on the carpet.

• A.on the verge
• B.incurring
• C.while
• D.imperceptibly

[填空题]I was (on the verge) of (incurring) Mr. Rochester’s wrath by not listening to his prohibitions, (while) a ray once more shone almost (imperceptibly) on the hallway wall and I heard his muffled step on the carpet. A. on the verge B. incurring C. while D. imperceptibly

[单项选择]I was on the verge of giving up when I noticed a piece of paper lying on the table by the telephone.（）
A. 就在我差点儿要放弃的时候，我发现电话旁边的桌子上有一张纸条。
B. 当我发现电话旁边的桌子上有一张纸条的时候，我差点儿就放弃了。
C. 当我躺在电话旁边的桌子旁时，我发现了一张纸。我一看内容，差点儿就晕了。
D. 就在我犹豫不决时，我发现电话旁边的桌子上有一张纸。

[填空题]on the verge of

[填空题]活用所给动词完成句子。

I ______ Mr. Rochester know Jane’s email address. (promise/let)

[单项选择]
When Patricia Rochester decided to go back to school after ten years as a staff nurse at Toronto Western Hospital, her employer not only cheered her on but also paid her tuition and gave her a day off with pay every week to study. Throughout her years at the hospital, Rochester has also taken workshops on everything from coaching peers to career development courses that she believes have helped her advance at work. "I’m now head of the mentoring program for new hires, students and staff nurses, "she says, "There’s a lot of room for personal improvement here."
Perhaps as important, Rochester says her employer supports and values her work, "If you put in overtime, "the nurse points out, "you get your meals they’ll order in pizza or Greek food or Chinese." And if staffers feel stiff and stressed from too many hours on the ward, they can call for a flee 15-minute shoulder-and-neck massage or even sign up for an eight
A. To take an eight-week evening course on meditation skills and stress-relief.
B. To call for a flee 15-minute shoulder-and-neck massage.
C. To use five family days.
D. To ask for sick leav

[单项选择]This kind of animals are on the verge of extinction, because so many are being killed for their fur.
A. drying up
B. dying out
C. being exported
D. being transplanted

[单项选择]

Women are on the verge of outnumbering men in the workforce for the first time, a historic reversal caused by long-term changes in women’s roles and massive job losses for men during this recession.
Women held 49.83% of the nation’s 132 million jobs in June and they’re gaining the vast majority of jobs in the few sectors of the economy that are growing, according to the most recent numbers available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s a record high for a measure that’s been growing steadily for decades and accelerating during the recession. At the current pace, women will become a majority of workers in October or November.
"Women have struggled long and hard to get to this point," says labor economist Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
The change reflects the growing importance of women as wage earners, but it doesn’t show full equality, Hartmann says. On aver
A. increased sharply
B. decreased suddenly
C. took over the male-dominated professions
D. brought about record-high employment rate