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________, Mr. Brown couldn't keep the shop properly.
A.As he worked hard
B.As he worked hardly
C.Hard as he worked
D.Hardly as he worked
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A.As he worked hard
B.As he worked hardly
C.Hard as he worked
D.Hardly as he worked
Look, here ______.
A.Mr. Brown comes
B.comes he Mr. Brown
C.comes Mr. Brown
D.Mr. Brown has come
Mr. Brown wrote the words down on________。
A. the wall
B. the door
C. a piece of paper
D. his son's pocket
Mr. Brown often (wore) a heavy coat because he was not (used to) (live) in such a (cold climate).
A.wore
B.used to
C.live
D.cold climate
Which of the following is true?
A.The person who lived next to Mr. Brown was also at the theatre.
B.The American ladies apologized for being noisy.
C.All of the American ladies lost their husbands.
D.The American ladies did not know each other at all.
Mr. Brown's neighbour at the theatre______.
A.did not know the ladies until recently
B.only knew some of them all her life
C.had known them since she joined the club
D.had known these ladies for a long time
Mr. Brown owns a ______shop in town. He also employs three ______assistants.
A. dresses, woman
B. dress, woman
C. dress, women
D. dresses, women
(Hard) (as) he worked, (but) Mr. Brown couldn't (keep) the shop properly.
A.Hard
B.as
C.but
D.keep
______,Mr. Brown saw the washing machine which had been repaired go wrong again.
A. To his surprise
B. It was surprised
C. Surprising
D. By surprise
People don't use their middle names very much. So" John Henry Brown" is usually called "John Brown". People never use Mr.; Mrs. or Miss before their first names. So you can say John Brown, or Mr. Brown; but you should never say Mr. John. They use Mr. , Mrs. or Miss with the family name but never with the first name.
Sometimes people ask me about my name. "When were you born, why did your parents call you Jim?" they ask. "Why did they choose that name? The answer is they didn't call me Jim. They called me James. James was the name of my grandfather'. In England, people usually call me Jim for short. That's because it is shorter and easier than James.
Most English people have ______ name(s).
A.one
B.two
C.three
D.four
The lady sitting on Mr. Brown's left, who was about sixty years old, seemed to be the happiest and the most interesting of the American group, and after the first act of the play, she apologized to him for the noisiness of her friends. He answered that he was very glad to see American ladies so really enjoying their visit to England, and so they had a friendly talk. Mr. Brown's neighbour explained what they doing there.
"You know, I have known these ladies all my life," she said. "We all grew up together back in our hometown in the United States. They have all lost their husbands~ and call themselves the Merry Widows. It is a sort of club, you know. They go to a foreign country every summer or two and have a lot of fun. They always go everywhere together. I have wanted to join their club for a long time, but I was not able to become a member until the spring of this year."
The group of American ladies enjoyed the play in a theatre in______.
A.Britain
B.America
C.their club
D.their hometown