[单项选择]A. We drove to the city because we had missed the flight.
B. We thought it was safer to take the road transportation.
C. We decided to go by car instead of taking an air flight.
D. We took the chance and arrived at the city before the strike.

[填空题]Henry had to walk home from work because he missed the bus．
Henry didn’t______the bus SO he had to walk home from work．

[简答题]We slowly drove—He knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility—
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess—in the Ring—
We passed the Fields Of Gazing Grain—
We passed the Setting Sun—
Questions:
A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the above stanzas are taken.
B. What figure of speech is used in Line 1 and Line 4
C. What do "the School", "the Fields of Gazing Grain" and "the Setting Sun" represent

[单项选择]No sooner had we finished the conversation （） we heard a knock on the door.
A. when
B. then
C. than
D. until

[单项选择]Scarcely had we settled ourselves in our seats in the theatre（）the curtain went up.
A. then
B. when
C. as
D. after

[填空题]Had we not used an out-of-date time table, we (not miss) ______ the train.

[单项选择]A．The city had many problems.
B．The city needed a new image to attract visitors.
C．The number of visitors was falling.
D．The people in New York liked to eat big apples.

[单项选择]A. Because he missed his favorite program.
B. Because he was so bored.
C. Because he can’t forget the unhappy things.
D. Because he wasted his time.

[单项选择]When we drove to the country, we saw many （　）.
A. herds of cattles
B. herds of cattle
C. herd of cattle
D. herd of cattles

[单项选择]（　） had we sat down than the telephone rang.
A. Almost
B. No sooner
C. Hardly
D. Just

[填空题]Hardly had we come into the room when it (begin) ______ to rain.

[单项选择]No sooner had we started on the road （） it began to rain.
A. when
B. than
C. then
D. whenever

[单项选择]No sooner had we reached the top of the hill __________ we all sat down to rest.
A. until
B. when
C. then
D. than

[单项选择]Hardly had we walked into the sitting room _______ the phone started ringing.
A. than
B. until
C. when
D. after

[填空题]Hardly had we get home when it (begin) ______ to snow.

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

[单项选择]Before, whenever we had wealth, we started discussing poverty. Why not now Why is the current politics of wealth and poverty seemingly about wealth alone Eight years ago, when Bill Clinton first ran. for president, the Dow Jones average was under 3,500, yearly federal budget deficits were projected at hundreds of billions of dollars forever and beyond, and no one talked about the "permanent boom" or the "new economy." Yet in that more straitened time, Clinton made much of the importance of "not leaving a single person behind." It is possible that similar "compassionate" rhetoric might yet play a role in the general election.
But it is striking how much less talk there is about the poor than there was eight years ago, when the country was economically uncertain, or in previous eras, when the country felt flush. Even last summer, when Clinton spent several days on a remarkable, Bobby Kennedy-like pilgrimage through impoverished areas from Indian reservations in South Dakota to g
A. the relationship between the rich and the poor has changed
B. the good economy will soon end
C. poverty will be obliterated as a result of increased wealth
D. all people benefit from good economic conditions