[单项选择]During the war, ______ but also he lost his wife and his child．
A. not was his job in the lab taken away
B. not only was his job in the lab taken away
C. not merely his job in the lab was taken away D．not just was taken away his job in the lab

[单项选择]When he lost his jobs he tried to（）his fortunes by robbing a bank.
A. revive
B. retrieve
C. rectify
D. recycle

[单项选择]The explorer lost his way so he climbed to the top of the hill to ________ himself.
A. spot
B. locate
C. place
D. situate

[单项选择]Once a peasant lost his horse and he went to town to buy another. Among the horses on sale he saw his own horse.
"This horse is mine," he said to the man standing by the horse. "Someone stole it from me three days ago."
"How can that be " the man said. "It has been mine for three years."
"Three years " said the peasant. "Are you sure "
Then he quickly covered the eyes of the horse with his hands and asked, "Which eye is he blind in "
"The left eye," said the man.
The peasant took away his left hand and people saw the horse’s left eye was clear and shining.
"Oh, I made a mistake," said the man. "I meant to say the right eye."
"It’s not blind in either eye," said the peasant, taking away the other hand. Then he said to the people around, "It’s clear this man is a thief."
The thief tried to run away, but the people caught him. They took him to the judge and the peasant got his horse back.

The peasant went to town to loo
A. Right.
B. Wrong.
C. Don’t say.

[单项选择]Although he sometimes lost’ his temper, his pupils liked him ______ for it.
A. not so much
B. not so little
C. no more
D. no less

[单项选择]He gradually（）that his wife was right and he had to change his way of living.
A. explored
B. repelled
C. simplified
D. perceived

[单项选择]He lost all his money. The only thing he could do was to call his wife for help at this moment.
A. being called
B. to be called
C. calling
D. call

[单项选择]David did not tell his wife that he had been fired, but he（）
A. woulddo
B. hadto
C. shouldhave
D. mighthaveto

[单项选择]He became aware that he had lost his audience since he had not been able to talk ______ around one topic.
A. coherently
B. initiatively
C. flexibly
D. pointedly

[单项选择]A. He lost his watch.
B. He thought the meeting was for a different day.
C. His history class ended 20 minutes late.
D. He was not paying attention to the time.