The man in the comer confessed to ______ a lie to the manager of the company.A.have toldB.
The man in the comer confessed to ______ a lie to the manager of the company.
A.have told
B.having been told
C.being told
D.having told
The man in the comer confessed to ______ a lie to the manager of the company.
A.have told
B.having been told
C.being told
D.having told
Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a comer; hardly anybody talks, since to do so would be considered quite (4)_____.
(5)_____, there is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior. which, once broken, makes the offender immediately the object of (6)_____.
It has been known as a fact that a British has a (7)_____ for the discussion of their weather and that, if given a chance, he will talk about it (8)_____.
Some people argue that it is because the British weather seldom (9)_____ forecast add hence becomes a source of interest and (10)_____ to everyone.
This may be so. (11)_____ a British cannot have much (12)_____ in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong (13)_____ a cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts! The man in the street seems to be as accurate—or as inaccurate as the weathermen in his (14)_____.
Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references (15)_____ weather that the British (16)_____ to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are (17)_____ by comments on the weather. "Nice day, isn't it?" "Beautiful!" may well be heard, instead of "Good morning, how are you?" Although the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is (18)_____ pointing out that it could be used to his advantage. If he wants to start a conversation with a British but is at a loss to know (19)_____ to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will (20)_____ an answer from even the most reserved of the British.
A.relaxed
B.frustrated
C.amused
D.exhausted
Victory is just ______
A.round the comer
B.at the comer
C.in the comer
D.with the comer
Don't lose heart. Success is ______.
A.in the comer
B.on the comer
C.round the comer
D.at the comer
Mr. Wayne found the metal box ______.
A.on the ground with the cover open
B.laid on the ground
C.lying in the comer
D.in the back of a car
Edgar began to see many things from that narrow compartment with its windows to the【71】world. He【72】out of the window with new eyes. And it seemed to him that he saw everything in its proper light for the first time.
Houses fled by as【73】blown away by the wind, and this made him think about the people who lived in them. Were they【74】or poor, happy or miserable? Did they【75】as he did, to know everything?
(36)
A.up
B.due
C.owing
D.on
A.man
B.a man
C.any man
D.the man
A.the happiest alive man
B.the happiest man alive
C.the alive happiest man
D.the most happiest man alive
Can machines perform. the same tasks______?
A.that man does
B.what man does
C.how man does
D.as man does
The name of an earlier form. of man found in China is ______.
A.New Stone Man
B.Silk Man
C.Peking Man
D.India Man
The door opened and ______ in white.
A.there entered a man B.entered a man
C.a man entered D.there a man entered