You can hardly imagine the difficulty the single mum had ______ her children. A. bro
You can hardly imagine the difficulty the single mum had ______ her children.
A. brought up
B. to bring up
C. bringing up
D. to have brought up
You can hardly imagine the difficulty the single mum had ______ her children.
A. brought up
B. to bring up
C. bringing up
D. to have brought up
A note in the pocket can hardly serve as a reminder because ______.
A.it will easily get lost
B.it's not clear enough for you to treat
C.it's out of your sight
D.it might get mixed up with other things
A.they are glad to salvage the anchor
B.the HARBOUR OFFICE has been advised that the anchor has been gotten out of water
C.the LOCAL SALVAGE COMPANY can hardly salvage the anchor
D.both HARBOUR OFFICE and LOCAL SALVAGE COMPANY will be contacted to salvage the anchor
A、When a family lives together in harmony and peace, even if they are poor and can hardly make ends meet, they will enjoy plenty of happiness
B、When hearing an accusation, do not readily believe it. Keep you cool and think carefully, for the charge may be false
C、When engaged in an argument, one should calmly ask himself whether he is at fault
D、When with others, do not talk too much. One who talks too much is prone to say the wrong thing
Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.
No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability (耐用). They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn't at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or delicately picking her way through deep snow in high-heeled shoes.
When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of women's clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves' be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability? That is for you to decide.
Designers and big stores always make money
A.by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry
B.because they are capable of predicting new fashions
C.by constantly changing the fashions in women's clothing
D.because they attach great importance to quality in women's clothing
A.dim
B.blank
C.faint
D.vain
A.bearish
B.par
C.collapse
D.rally
We can infer from the passage that ______.
[A]Hollywood hardly improves southern California's economy
[B]the shipping industry there is as dirty as other industries
[C]people living near these ports suffer the most
[D]the polluted air may cause both asthma and smaller lungs
A.alike
B.likely
C.like
D.the same
A.Hardly ever …going
B.Hardly ever …go
C.Hardly never … go
D.Hardly never …going
A.find out
B.fill out
C.think out
D.figure out
For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else, he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and polish; "I know this jacket is not the style. you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size. It happens to be the color you mentioned. " Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is :" This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.
Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only" having a look round". She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
According to the passage, when a man is buying clothes, ______.
A.he buys cheap things, regardless of quality
B.he chooses things that others recommend
C.he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things
D.he buys good quality things, so long as they are not too dear