[简答题]But he’d had a mild heart attack in September and couldn’t make it this time. So he told me to give the two tickets away. The only ground rule he set was to give the tickets to people I thought would be thrilled.

[简答题]But he’d had a mild heart attack in September and couldn’t make it this time. So he told me to give the two tickets away. The only ground rule he set was to give the tickets to people I thought would be thrilled.

[单项选择]Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book," Uncle Tom’s Cabin". But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success. (78) The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to split the publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buy a new silk dress.
But when the first 5,000 copies were printed in 1852, they sold out in two days. In a year the book had sold 300,000 copies in the United States and 150,000 in England. For a while it outsold (销得比…多) every book in the world, except the Bible.
Within six months of its release, a play was made from the book which ran 350 performances in New York and remained America’ s most popular play for 80 years.
(79) It might appear that" Uncle Tom’ s Cabin" was universally popular, but this was certainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War days—particularly defenders of the slavery system-condemned it as false propa
A. Harriet knew that it would be a great success
B. the publisher wanted Harriet to publish it at her own expense
C. nobody knew that it would become a very popular book
D. no publisher wanted to publish this anti-slavery book

[填空题]Hardly had he entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.

[单项选择]Had he worked harder, he （） the exams.
A. must have got through
B. would have got through
C. would get through
D. could get through

[单项选择]No sooner had he arrived in Rome （　） he heard of the good news.
A. when
B. than
C. then
D. until

[单项选择]How many years had he lived in Beijing
A. 20 years.
B. 15 years.
C. 10 years.

[单项选择]How many novels had he finished（）
A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.

[单项选择]Had he studied hard, he ______ the exam.
A. would pass
B. could pass
C. had passed
D. would have passed