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A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man
B. she takes pride in what she can do herself
D. serve customers in a restaurant
A. positive
B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor
D. a problem not yet solved.
C. They are simply sounds.
D. representative function
B. a joining of ideas in the mind.
A. He is no more than a master of words.
B. The role of time in social life over the world.
B. A matter of life or death.
B. at 4:00 pm
D. Promptness is valued highly in American life.
B. the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world.
B. All the people who work in London prefer to live in the country.
C. renting a small flat without a garden
B. having spent time working in the garden
A. their life was meaningless
C. escape from
A. Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman
C. he was unhappy after he got retired
B. He bought a small crockery factory in secret and started work again.
D. Since he started working again, Morgan Rees has expanded the company considerably, which has enriched his retired life.
B. how Morgan Rees lived his retired life more happily by turning to work again.
D. alone in the countryside
C. almost never
A. with glasses on
D. glasses for people who could not see well
C. He thought that a person who had not learned to read would be able to do so if he wore glasses.
B. artist
B. paint some pictures on the wall of the palace
C. twelve months
C. farther … more beautiful
A. save James’life
B. His foot was wounded by a box of books.
C. to go to see the doctor.
D. he didn’t want to pay the doctor.
C. nothing
A. More
B. People’s shyness made them care too much about their appearance and actions.
A. a good quality
D. harmful
C. Shyness can block our chances for a rich life.
B. should understand themselves in the right way
B. Because the residents were dissatisfied with the bad management of the flats.
B. The residents.
D. Lack of actions
A. to be paid
C. When they were happy with the plans to improve the property.
B. If we complete the short-term goals
D. the goals that have been completed
C. we should build up confidence of success
C. Different kinds of goals in life.
C. Life is a static thing, thus we should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action.
C. is very clean
C. were too lazy to kill many rats
A. to get money from the government
D. nobody could take any rats from the pile
C. How Newton Became a Very Clean Place
B. The way he uses his tools.
C. the difference between scientists and ordinary people
A. works not only under one set of conditions at one time, but also under the same conditions at other times
C. that the investigations are important in science
D. Exactness and ways of using tools are the keys to the making of a scientist.
C. the author and her brothers had an unforgettable experience in collecting stamps
B. on Saturdays
A. She wanted to give them a surprise.
B. We were extremely happy about it.
D. A Memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps.
D. Renting home furnishings.
C. Because it saves them much trouble and money.
B. Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town.
B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.
D. They don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture.