[简答题]His investment had been lost in the stock market crash. Smith became another person. (complex sentence)

[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.

[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 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]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. Men suffer far more than women from the recession.
B. Women will be in dominant position in workplace.
C. Rising male unemployment is a feature of the change.
D. Women outperform men in dealing with unemployment.

[单项选择]He thought he had lost his ______ forever. However, he found his pillow already taken by the dog when he entered the room.
A. beautiful yellow little dog
B. yellow beautiful little dog
C. little yellow beautiful dog
D. beautiful little yellow dog

[单项选择]______ I had lost his address, I did not know where I could find him.
A. Due to th at
B. Owing to that
C. Due to the fact that
D. Owing to the fact that

[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.

[简答题]_________ (后来发现)the lost book had been on the bookshelf all the time.

[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

[填空题]My investment in the stock market can ________________________ (不再指望) as a source of income.

[单项选择]Some of his suggestions had been rejected （　）they were not practicable.
A. as
B. when
C. until
D. if

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