[单项选择]Two-thirds of his property （） lost in the fire.
A. was
B. were
C. have been
D. are being

[单项选择]William lost his job because
A. he was always sick.
B. he usually went to work late.
C. he made a mistake in his work.
D. he got angry with his boss.

[单项选择]The manager lost his （）.just because his secretary was ten minutes late.
A. mood
B. temper
C. mind
D. passion

[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]This ten-year-old boy lost his life （　） his classmate in the water.
A. trying to save
B. tried to save
C. to try saving
D. to try to save

[单项选择]A. He had lost his driver’s license.
B. His identification wasn’t acceptable.
C. He didn’t have his checkbook.
D. The ticket office was closed.

[填空题]Jack lost his pen.
Jack ______his pen.

[填空题]
Neighbors
A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still 1 (work)in the local school cafeteria, but work for Dave was scarce, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have 2 (lose) their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift-＄ 7000, a legacy (遗产)form their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. "It really made a 3 (different)when we were going under financially," says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were touched by the Hatches, 4 (generous). In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in other, it was more than ＄100 000.
It 5 (surprise) nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than ＄ 3 million-they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of 6 (save). They thrived own (喜欢) comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store, checking prices before 7 (make)a new purchase.
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn’t 8 (afford) it. "Ish and Arlene never asked you needed anything," says their friend Sand Van Weehten, "They could see thing they could do to make you happier, and they would do them."
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland 9 (distribute). It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy-a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents-should 10 (enrich) the whole community (社区)and Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
Neighbors helping neighbors-that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.

[单项选择]What time does the man think he lost his watch
A. Fifteen minutes ago.
B. One hour and fifteen minutes ago.
C. At a quarter past one.
D. At a quarter to one.

[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