______who she was, she said she was Mr. Johnson's friend.
A.Asking
B.Asked
C.To ask
D.When asking
An annual report provides __1__ information about an organization.People read annual reports in different ways. Some even __2__ to start at the back and work their way to the beginning. It makes __3__ difference how you read them as long as you get the essential points of the business and its financial condition.However, there is a good way to solve these reports that is __4__ most efficient and most effective. You can’ t possibly go any further in your research __5__ knowing what the company does! How can you insure that you have understood the report? Just ask yourself if you understand what the company does and who its customers are.
(1)__1__
A.useful
B.useless
C.usefulness
However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for a meeting with the headmaster. It was clearly the headmaster himself __2__ open the door. He was short and round.
"The school," he said, "is made up of one class of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen." I should have to teach all the subjects except art, which he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into three groups and teach them in turn at three different __3__. And I was disappointed at the thought of teaching maths, a subject at which I wasn't very good at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of __4__ to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be enjoying themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary, he got up to his __5__. "Now," he said, "you'd better meet my wife. She is the one who really runs this school."
1)、A.that
B.experience
C.having
D.feet
E.levels
2)、A.that
B.experience
C.having
D.feet
E.levels
3)、A.that
B.experience
C.having
D.feet
E.levels
4)、A.that
B.experience
C.having
D.feet
E.levels
5)、A.that
B.experience
C.having
D.feet
E.levels
However, it is very 38 to ask children their age, and some adults may not mind 39 either. In fact, some elderly people are quite happy to 40 their age, especially ff they feel they look young 41 their age. Nevertheless, it is not very wise to ask a(n) 42 . question like “How old are you?”. If elderly people want to talk about-their age, and perhaps receive a compliment on how young they look, they may easily 43 the topic themselves, and ask the other person to 44 how old they are. 45 such a question, it is quite acceptable to discuss age 46 . They normally expect to be complimented on their youthfulness, though rather than 47 that they look very old!
48 Westerners do not usually ask people directly how old they are, this does not 49 that they are not interested to know how old other people are. They may ask someone else 50 the information, 51 they may try to 52 the topic indirectly. Sometimes discussions about educational 53 and the number of years of working experience may provide some 54 , but this is not always the 55 .
36. A. on B. for C. in D. of
37. A. that B. such C. than D. so
38. A. average B. normal C. expected D. unusual
39. A. being asked B. asking C. to ask D. to be asked
40. A. release B. reflect C. reveal D. remark
41. A. to B. with C. for D. at
42. A. open B. strange C. impolite D. direct
43. A. bring about B. bring up C. bring along D. bring to
44. A. guess B. know C. learn D. predict
45. A. For B. With C. In D. On
46. A. free B. freedom C. freely D. in a free way
47. A. being told B. told C. to tell D. to be told
48. A. Though even B. Even C. Even that D. Even though
49. A. include B. intend C. mean D. conclude
50. A. about B. of C. with D. for
51. A. rather than B. or else C. so else D. still else
52. A. approach B. solve C. address D. take
53. A. background B. level C. knowledge D. experience
54. A. knowledge B. clues C. evidence D. suggestions
55. A. truth B. case C. reality D. fact
Every question has its time and place. It's perfectly acceptable, for instance, to ask "How do you feel?" if you're visiting a close friend in the hospital, But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to make a train, or sitting at his desk working, it's no time to ask him that silly question.When George Bernard Shaw, the famous writer of plays was in his eighties, someone asked him "How do you feel?" Shaw put him in his place. "When you reach my age," he said, "either you feel all right or you're dead."
1.According to the writer, greetings, such as "How do you feel?" ____.
A、show one's consideration for others
B、are a good way to make friends
C、are proper to ask a man in action
D、generally make one feel uneasy
2.The question "How do you feel?" seems to be correct and suitable when asked of ____.
A、a man working at his desk
B、a person having lost a close friend
C、a stranger who looks somewhat worried
D、a friend who is ill
3.The writer seems to feel that a busy man should ____.
A、be praised for his efforts
B、never be asked any question
C、not be bothered
D、be discouraged from working so hard
4.George Bernard Shaw's reply in the passage shows his ____.
A、cheerfulness
B、cleverness
C、ability
D、politeness
5.“You've put a bug in his ear ”means that you've ____.
A、made him laugh
B、shown concern for him
C、made fun of him
D、given him some kind of warning
Blinks also tell Stern when you have understood his question--often long before he's finished asking it--and when you've found an answer or part of (26) . "We blink at times (27) are psychologically important." He says. "You have listened to a question, you understand it, (28) you can take time out for a blink. Blinks are (29) marks. Their timing is tied to what is going on in your (30) ."
Stern has found that (31) suppress blinks when they are absorbing or anticipating (32) but not when they're reciting it. People blink later, for example, (33) they have to memorize six numbers instead of two. "You don't blink," he says, "until you have (34) the information to some short-term memory store." And if subjects are cued (35) the set of numbers is coming, say, five seconds, they'll curb their blinks until the task is (36) . Similarly, the more important the information that people are taking in, the more likely they are to put their blinks on hold for (37) Pilots blink less when they're (38) for flying a plane than when they (39) their eyes from the road to the rearview mirror. But if they see the flashing lights of a state trooper behind them, their (40) will move fast to the speed-meter and back to the mirror.
A.to
B.of
C.with
D.in
A.asking
B.enquiring
C.requesting
D.request
Since you won't take advice, there is no ______ in asking for it.
A.place
B.point
C.reason
D.way