Retirement for Marion
Marion White is due to retire next week from well-known local law firm Barney & Francis, (29) ... offices are located across the south-west of England.
After (30) ... her training in Bath, Mrs White joined the firm, where she has spent more (31) ... 20 years. Barney & Francis immediately recognised her enormous potential and she was promoted (32) ... times. She became the only female out of five partners in 1987. Shortly after (33) .... in 1989, she became Senior Partner. (34) ... asked about her plans for the future, Mrs White replied, (35) ... I've been thinking of visiting my brother in the United States, I haven't actually decided (36) .... But really, I'm keen (37) ... buy a house in Bath and settle down there.
Michael Slater, a colleague at Barney & Francis, is going to replace Mrs White. (36) ... Mrs White, Mr Slater has worked for Barney & Francis (39) ... the early 1980s. A retirement party will (40) ... held for Mrs White at the Belmont Hotel on 20 March.
(29)
A.that
B.whose
C.which
In comparing the study of geography to travel, 【28】______ should also note the importance of maps. Like the vacationing-motorist, geographers feel much more 【29】______ with a good map. Maps are 【30】______ the most important tools of the 【31】______ trade. The ability to read and use maps is a 【32】______ skill that you will 【33】______ for driving, reading the newspaper, and doing many 【34】______ .
The study of geography will help you to improve your map reading skills. 【35】______ that is only the beginning. The real value of geography is 【36】______ it will give you a special way of 【37】______ at the world.
A geographical outlook can help you understand 【38】______ , your neighbors and the world. It can make you sensitive 【39】______ your environment and excited enough to really are. People with knowledge and concern can 【40】______ our world better to live in.
【21】
A.that
B.which
C.what
D.all
Every place is different. That is 【21】______ makes geography so interesting. It 【22】______ us to new places, to different ways of living 【23】______ the land, to new ways of thinking about the 【24】______ . Indeed, it shows us new ways of thinking about ourselves 【25】______ our environment. Like travel, it is 【26】______ . It gives us new experiences and 【27】______ our understanding.
In comparing the study of geography to travel, 【28】______ should also note the importance of maps. Like the vacationing-motorist, geographers feel much more 【29】______ with a good map. Maps are 【30】______ the most important tools of the 【31】______ trade. The ability to read and use maps is a 【32】______ skill that you will 【33】______ for driving, reading the newspaper, and doing many 【34】______
The study of geography will help you to improve your map reading skills. 【35】______ that is only the beginning. The real value of geography is 【36】______ it will give you a special way of 【37】______ at the world.
A geographical outlook can help you understand 【38】______ , your neighbors and the world. It can make you sensitive 【39】______ your environment and excited enough to really are. People with knowledge and concern can 【40】______ our world better to live in.
【21】
A.that
B.which
C.what
D.all
Public radio and television stations, on the 【33】______ hand, do not have advertisements and people do not have to 【34】______ to watch them. These stations gain their money 【35】______ the government, private companies, and from some of the 【36】______ who watch or listen to their programs. The 【37】______ government and some large corporations give 【38】______ , large gifts on money, to the public stations. Small businesses and people also 【39】______ money to their local public radio and television stations.
ABC, CBS, and NBC are the three 【40】______ commercial radio and television 【41】______ in the United States. Most local commercial radio and TV stations 【42】______ their programs from one of these national networks. 【43】______ example, each network had a TV news program in the evening, 【44】______ the local stations broadcast in addition to their 【45】______ local news programs.
【26】
A.that
B.this
C.it
D.which
A.that
B.this
C.it
D.which
Glass is everywhere in our lives. It is so common 【21】______ we hardly think about it. We 【22】______ it when we look out of the window and if we wear glasses. We drink from it and sometimes eat from it. The light in our homes comes through glass windows in the daytime and from glass lights 【23】______ . Glass 【24】______ in homes, schools, businesses, industry, and automobiles.
Fortunately for us, glass is 【25】______ very inexpensive materials. The main material is sand from quartz rock. The mixture is heated until it becomes a syrupy 【26】______ . When the liquid cools, it becomes glass.
No one knows 【27】______ first discovered glass or how. Early humans used obsidian, a natural glass 【28】______ by volcanoes, to make tools and jewelry. People probably began making glass themselves around 3000 B.C. in Syria. Then in a war 【29】______ Egypt and Syria in 1400 B. C., Syria became part of Egypt. The Egyptians took Syrian glassmakers 【30】______ to Egypt, and over the centuries the entire eastern Mediterranean area became a glassmaking center.
Probably around 300 B.C. the blowpipe 【31】______ . Egyptian glassmakers developed the use of the blowpipe. They specialized 【32】______ beautiful jewelry, dishes, and other containers.
The Romans soon started making their own glass. Then they 【33】______ that glass could be used to make windows. 【34】______ centuries later, Europeans made magnificent church windows 【35】______ colored glass.
【36】______ 1900 companies have developed many new types of glass. Safety glass is a sandwich of glass and plastic. If it breaks, the pieces stay together 【37】______ flying in all directions. This invention is very useful 【38】______ automobile windows.
Today most glass is made 【39】______ machines in large factories. No one 【40】______ it. People use television and computers to control the machines.
【21】
A.that
B.which
C.where
D.as