She caught his eye ___.
A.for a while
B.for a time
C.for an instant
D.for an instance
A.for a while
B.for a time
C.for an instant
D.for an instance
Bribery may lead to murder. A month ago reporters rushed to the(1)of a crime. At the spot the detective seemed even hardly aware of their(2)as he did his work. He carefully searched for(3)over every inch of the house. After a while, he bent over to pick up a small torn(4)of fabric. Nothing could(5)from his search. The detective(6)that this piece of fabric was(7)from the murderer's clothing during a struggle.
The(8)had been the finance director of a very large computer hardware manufacturer. His wife, a timid woman,(9)everything she knew with the detective, including a hot(10)her husband had with some of the company's top executives at a banquet. There had been a scandal(11)bribery at his company. He was(12)the business of many of the top executives. He had(13)that some people were giving special favors to government officials to get(14). He often questioned their moral(15)and told them that he would accuse them if they were doing something they shouldn't,(16)caused problems for him. His questioning and accusing often left him at(17)with many of the executives. This time it had led to a(18)blow on his head. The detective caught(19)of a crucial clue, a brass button in the corner. It was from a jacket of one of the top executives. Later this executive and the company's president was(20). Of course this is not the end of the story.
A.buying
B.being bought
C.were bought
D.bought
She ________ a cold for three weeks.
A.has caught
B.has got
C.has taken
D.has had
When he got up in the morning, it looked, as though the fire was dying down, though he could still see some flames. So he set to work to tidy his room and put his things back where he wanted them. While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one:three hundred houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to the Tower of London and climbed up on a high part of the buildings so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning. The man of the Tower told him that the fire had started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane; the baker's house had caught fire from the overheated oven and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So began the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, so it is said, at Pie Corner.
What is the passage about?
A.The Great Fire of London.
B.Who was the first to discover the fire.
C.What Pepys was doing during the fire.
D.The losses caused by the fire.
Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond (钻石) ring worth £57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked【21】like the first one but was worth only £2,000. This he took to the shop, which【22】it without a question.
Jenkins gave the much more【23】ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then ,the husband and wife【24】to Paris for a weekend. As to the【25】ring, the shop sold it for £60,000.
Six months later the buyer【26】it back to Silkstone's office. "It's a faulty (有瑕疵的)diamond," he said. "It isn't worth the high【27】paid. "Then he told them the【28】. His wife's car had caught fire in an【29】. She had escaped (幸免),【30】the ring had fallen off and been damaged (损坏) in the great【31】of the fire.
The shop had to【32】. They knew that no fire on earth can【33】damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the【34】diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who【35】it?
A picture of the ring appeared in the【36】. A reader thought he【37】the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which【38】a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman【39】a large diamond ring," Do you know the【40】with the lovely diamond ring?" the papers asked their readers. Several months later ,Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.
(41)
A.only
B.surely
C.nearly
D.exactly
A.keep an eye on
B.keep their eyes on
C.keep their eyes open
On Christmas Eve, my mother created abundant Chinese food. And then they arrived—the minister's family and all my relatives.Robert greeted hello, and I pretended he was not worthy of existence.
Dinner threw me deeper into disappointment.My relatives licked(舔)the ends of their chopsticks and reached across the table.Robert and his family waited patiently for a large plate to be passed to them.My relatives murmured with pleasure when my mother brought out the whole steamed fish.Robert made a face.Then my father reached his chopsticks just below the fish eye and picked out the soft meat. "Amy, your favorite, " he said, offering me the tender fish cheek.I wanted to disappear.
At the end of the meal, my father leaned back and burped(打嗝)loudly, thanking my mother for her fine cooking."It' s a police Chinese custom to show you are satisfied, "explained my father to our astonished guests.Robert was looking down at his plate with a reddish face.The minister managed to bring up a quiet burp.I was shocked into silence for the rest of the night.
After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, "You want to be the shame as American girls on the outside. "She handed me an early gift. It was a miniskirt. "But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame. "
It was not until years later that I was able to fully appreciate her lesson and the purpose behind her particular menu. For Christmas Eve that year, she had chosen excellent Chinese food.
When I found out the minister' s family would come for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried mainly because______.
A.I worried about our shabby Chinese Christmas
B.I worried about our Chinese relatives lacking American manners
C.I worried about meeting the minister' s family
D.I worried about being laughed at
According to the passage, a good speaker must ______.
A.sell his or her ideas to an audience
B.maintain direct eye contact with listeners
C.be very persuasive and believable
D.be exceptionally well-disposed