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[简答题]Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours. But always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours. I speak, of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited.
Such stories set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. What events, what experiences, what associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings.’ What happiness should we find in reviewing the past, what regrets
Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each clay as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. There are those, of course, wh
[单项选择]The long year of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing (定量供应 ) is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness arid confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay？Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home No one knows what to expect.
The recent growth of export-surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests in North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this and home production has also risen.
But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by a simultaneous rise
A. The abundant food supply is not expected to last
B. Britain is importing less food
C. Despite the abundance, food prices keep rising
D. Britain will cut back on its production of food
[单项选择]After a year’s hard work I think I am （）to a long holiday.
A. entailed
B. deserved
C. entitled
D. satisfied
[填空题]Although telling lies is sometimes unavoidable, such behaviors cannot be thought as______.
[单项选择]Small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words—though they mean little at the time to the people who say them—can have enormous power.（）
A. 落花有意，流水无情。
B. 有些瞬间虽然倏忽即逝，却常常令人久久不能忘怀。同样，有些话虽然对说的人来说算不了什么，但是对听的人来说却具有深远的影响。
C. 小的片刻有时持续很长时间。而且很少的几个字在当时对于说这些字的人而言没有什么，最终能有很大的力量。
D. 有些瞬间能持续久远。有些只言片语却意义非凡。
[单项选择]Small moments sometimes （ ）a very long time.
A. keep
B. have
C. last
D. go
[单项选择]How long is the holiday in a year
A. Two weeks.
B. Three weeks.
C. Four weeks.
D. Five weeks.
[单项选择]Sometimes the 3-year-old child has trouble ______ fact from fiction.
A. separating
B. to separate
C. having separated
D. for separating
[单项选择]Sometimes it’s just hard to choose. You’re in a restaurant and the waiter has his pen at the ready. As you hesitate, he gradually begins to take a close interest in the ceiling, his fingernails, then in your dining partner. Each dish on the menu becomes a blur as you roll your eyes up and down in a growing panic. Finally, you desperately opt for something that turns out to be what you hate.
It seems that we need devices to protect us from our hopelessness at deciding between 57 barely differentiated varieties of stuff-be they TV channels, gourmet coffee, downloadable ring tones, or perhaps, ultimately even interchangeable lovers. This thought is opposed to our government’s philosophy, which suggests that greater choice over railways, electricity suppliers and education will make us happy. In my experience, they do anything but.
Perhaps the happiest people are those who do not have much choice and aren’t confronted by the misery of endless choice. True, that misery may not be
A. it is common for his customer to hesitate in ordering a meal
B. it is impolite for his customer to order with hesitation
C. it is difficult for his customer to expect quality food
D. it is possible to get to know his customer’s partner
