[单项选择]Lewis (had to) travel (by bus) as his car (had been damaged) in an accident some days before and he (was failed) to get it repaired.
A. had to
B. by bus
C. had been damaged
D. was failed

[单项选择]Lewis had to travel by bus (as) his car (had been damaged) in an accident some days (before) and he (was failed) to get it repaired.
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D

[填空题]活用所给动词完成句子。

He sometimes had his car ______ by his son. (wash)

[单项选择]John will have to go to work by bus as his car （）.
A. is repaired
B. is needed repairs
C. is being repaired
D. is needed repairing

[填空题]Lanny had sent his mother a telegram upon his (arrive) （　）in Brest.

[简答题]John still had no idea how he had lost his way in the small town where he was no longer a stranger.

[填空题]If we had had his telephone number, we (call) ______ him.

[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.

[单项选择]Tom got the news that his father-in-law had a car accident yesterday.
The italicized part in the sentence is______.
A. an object clause
B. an appositive clause
C. an attributive clause
D. an adverbial clause

[单项选择]A. Because his car broke down.
B. Because his registration was overdue.
C. Because he had a broken tooth.
D. Because he could not find his history book.

[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

[填空题]Mr. Smith considered (sell)（）his car and his house before moving to Beijing.

[填空题]Why was the writer so sure that he had brought his wallet with him
Because he ______.

[单项选择]How much did Fred pay for his car
A. He paid half the price the salesman asked.
B. He paid twice as much as the salesman asked.
C. He paid the price the salesman asked.
D. He needn’t have paid that much for the car.

[单项选择]Some time ago a friend who had lost his City job confessed he had considered killing himself. I was appalled but not surprised: while men are being hit harder by the recession than women they are also seem to be showing less resilience in dealing with unemployment and economic insecurity.
The trend in male unemployment, particularly among graduates and high-skilled men, did not begin with the recession and will not end with it. Rising male unemployment has been a feature of the socioeconomic change that many western countries have experienced in the last 30 years. Forecasts predict that women will dominate the professions within 15 years. This trend alone is enough for some to claim that a "crisis of masculinity(男子气)" is on the horizon.
The emerging knowledge economy demands a new, softer skill set—empathy, sociability, confidence, resourcefulness. Women are perceived as being better at soft skills, and now they count for more. In the course of just over a decade, Demos r
A. Apprenticeships provided them with the chance of better character and skill.
B. Apprenticeships were valued much more than high academic qualifications.
C. They were more confident, optimistic and they were also more skillful.
D. Their non-apprentice contemporaries wasted much time in taking A-levels.