We hadn't met for 20 years, but I recognized her ________ I saw her.A.for the momentB.the
We hadn't met for 20 years, but I recognized her ________ I saw her.
A.for the moment
B.the moment when
C.at the moment when
D.the moment
We hadn't met for 20 years, but I recognized her ________ I saw her.
A.for the moment
B.the moment when
C.at the moment when
D.the moment
We hadn't met for 20 years, but I recognized her______ I saw her.
A.the moment
B.for the moment
C.the moment when
D.at the moment when
We hadn't enough money to pay our bus fare, and ______ we had to walk.
A.nevertheless
B.therefore
C.however
D.instead
Why hasn't he come? ______on time, we will have to put off the trip.
A. If he doesn't come
B. If he won't come
C. If he shouldn't come
D. If he hadn't come
A.No, I think so.
B.No, I don't think so.
C.No, I think not.
It was strange to feel my past life almost __6__ away as I entered this brand-new phase of my life. I didn’t know how to __7__ myself during my first couple of months at Penn because everything that defined me was back in California. I felt __8__ from my college friends because they only knew the college me. How could they really know me without knowing what Mission Boulevard looked like late at night with the Niles hills in the background? How could they know me without knowing the friends who I had __9__ to Japan with or the friends I had gone to school with since kindergarten? How could they know me if they hadn’t met my family? How could they know me, or I them, if we didn’t know one another’s __10__ experiences?
A. drop B. journeyed C. unique D. define
E. complex F. realizing G. disconnected H. self-defining
I. drifted J. lying K. transition L. adjusted
M. fast-moving N. transported O. lack
They still hadn't come when, just before noon, a man eating in our restaurant wanted a cake. I suggested that I run to the bakery next door to get some, and Johnny readily agreed. Going out of our back door, I knocked on the back door of the bakery and bought a few from the baker's helper. That cake was the only one we sold all day.
After closing, Johnny and I sat discussing things with my daughter, who had been out from serving. "An interesting thing happened just before noon," she said. "The owner of the bakery next door came in and ordered a cake of ours. She wanted to compare it with hers."
We know from the passage that ______.
A.the baker next door came to help with the opening
B.the new restaurant did not prepare all its foods
C.the son and the daughter served at the tables
D.the customers enjoyed the cakes very much
Be Grateful
Whether you are a waiter (wait) or a doctor, your job is about serving others and making their life better, We have all __41__ (have) experiences where someone __42__(work) in their job has lifted us up and made a __43__(different) to our day or brought us down and made our day worse. We have all met __44__ (real) wonderful people cleaning floors. We have also met people who are not so wonderful but have __45__ (amaze) jobs. So whatever you do, be grateful. This doesn't mean you have to stay in a job you don't like, but it __46__ (help) you develop a more positive attitude. You may not like your job, but you can enjoy being with your __47__ (colleague). This is something to be __48__ (thank) for. When yon practice __49__ (grateful) it allows you to develop a more useful outlook and be __50__ (happy) at your work.
Read the following paragraph and select the irrelevant sentence.
Physical gestures and body language have different meanings in different cultures, and misunderstanding these signals can sometimes be embarrassing.So we must learn how to tolerate.Although I had spent a lot of time among non-Americans, I had never realized what this could mean in practical terms.I had an experience that taught me well, however.Some years ago, I organized and accompanied a small group of visiting foreign students to New York for four days of sightseeing by bus.Because these students were rather young, and because New York was such an overwhelming city, I was constantly counting heads to be sure we hadn't lost anyone.In the USA , it is very common to count people or things by pointing the index finger and, of course, I used this method.One young man became extremely quiet and pensive, and I thought that perhaps he wasn't enjoying himself.When I asked him what the matter was, he replied, In my country, we count people with our eyes.We use our fingers to count pigs.
A.Physical gestures and body language have different meanings in different cultures, and misunderstanding these signals can sometimes be embarrassing
B.So we must learn how to tolerate
C.Although I had spent a lot of time among non-Americans, I had never realized what this could mean in practical terms
D.I had an experience that taught me well, however