Stephen: I want to send this package parcel post, registered. Clerk: ______? Stephen: Yes,
A.Do you want it guaranteed
B.Do you want it insured
C.Do you want it preserved
D.Do you want it ensured
A.Do you want it guaranteed
B.Do you want it insured
C.Do you want it preserved
D.Do you want it ensured
A.Do you want it guaranteed
B.Do you want it insured
C.Do you want it preserved
D.Do you want it ensured
Corryvale Farm
Corryvale Farm is in the west of England. Stephen and Jenny Blackler keep cows and chickens and sell milk and eggs. But most of their money comes from Jenny's sheep.
She has 50 sheep and each one has enough wool for six sweaters. Every six months, Stephen cuts this wool off the sheep so they won't get too warm. Five years ago, Jenny made some sweaters with the wool and tried to sell them at country markets. But it was summer and the weather was hot so people didn't want to buy sweaters. She then made some socks. Everybody loved them because they were cheap, strong and easy to wash.
That's how Jenny's business started. At first she made the socks at home, but soon she had thousands of customers so she bad to send the wool to a factory, where all the socks are now made on machines. There are six colours, five sizes for all ages, and different socks for walkers, sportsmen and skiers. Jenny is busiest at Christmas because Corryvale socks are a favourite present. On the walls of Jenny's office, there are lots of letters from happy customers all over the world.
Jenny only gets wool from her sheep once a year.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
To: Cathy_Douglas@yahoo.com
From: Stephen3725 @ hotmail. com
Date: 5 December 2009
Subject: Notification of My Resignation
Dear Ms. Douglas.
I am writing to inform. you of my intention to resign from G & S Holdings.
I have appreciated very much my four years' working for the company. The training has been excellent and I have gained valuable experience working within an efficient and professional team environment. In particular, I have appreciated your personal guidance during these first years of my career.
I feel now that it is time to further develop my knowledge and skills base in a different environment.
I would like to leave, if possible, in a month's time on Saturday, 2 January. This will allow me to complete my current workload. I hope that this suggested arrangement is acceptable to the company.
Once again, thank you for your support.
Yours Sincerely,
Stephen Feenney
What is the main idea of Stephen's e-mail?
A.Saying farewell to his colleagues in G&S Holdings
B.Conveying his gratitude to the manager
C.Asking his manager for a leave due to illness
D.Informing his manager of the resignation
"I was very happy at school and had wonderful teaching. I passed the university entrance examination and was ready to go to university but with WWI I went into banking. I was paid 1 pound a week. Manchester University kept my place open for three years but I was enjoying the money and freedom. So I turned it down."
Mrs. Stephen is now in the second year of her Open University course and is finding it hard work. She underestimates her ability. "I'm feeling tired more frequently..I can't do more than an hour' s work at a time. The memory' s shocking. I' m supposed to be revising and I look up notes ! did earlier this year and think, ' Have you mad this before?' so I' m doing it very slowly—one credit a year, so it' 11 take six years."
"At the moment the greatest reward is simply the increase in knowledge'--and the discipline. I had an essay failed this week. The professor said I hadn't answered the question. I've been thinking about all week. I know I haven' t got the facility for essay construction. I just let myself to get excited. I feel more emotionally than I do mentally. I'm very ordinary really."
While claiming to be ordinary and lazy, Mrs. Stephen is still working hard daily at her assignments. Mrs. Stephen sees her studies as keeping her fit and independent. "Because of my life I' ve been self-sufficient. It' s not a very nice characteristic. It means I don' t care enough about people. I cannot say I find comfort in what I'm learning, so I'U be interested to see if there's a life ahead."
When Florence said "I' m more of a creature to polish my mind than polish my furniture", she meant that______.
A.she was tired of learning
B.she was thirsty for knowledge
C.she was more suitable for doing housework
D.she did not have enough time to keep the house clean
Pearman put his head close to the window. "Come on, mister. Give me a chance. I need a job," he said. Something in Stephen Pearman's voice moved Robert Fred. In the seconds before traffic started moving again, Fred handed, Pearman a business card and told him to call if he was serious.
"My friends told me he was just pulling my leg," said Pearman. "But I said, ' No, he's a businessman. I need to give it a shot.'"
Two days later, 29-year-old Pearman appeared in the manager's office of the big hotel. Fred gave him a job and housing and lent him pocket money while training him.
Today, Pearman works full-time setting up the hotel's dining halls for business meetings. In the past two years, he has found a flat, married and repaid Fred's loans.
"Mr. Fred gave me a second chance," says Pearman, "and I took advantage of it. I could have just come here a while, eaten up and left. But there is no future in washing windshields."
Ordinarily, Fred keeps away from the street People. "But Pearman seemed so honest and open, asking for a chance rather than just money," Fred says: "I don't hand my business card to just any- body. But I'm. glad I did in this case."
When Pearman offered to wash the windshield for Fred, ______.
A.Fred gladly agreed to let him do it
B.Pearman was told to do it later
C.Fred took him as a beggar
D.Pearman knew Fred was a kind man
I don't want this bread; it's ______ .
A.steady
B.faded
C.rusty
D.stale
I don't want this bread; it's ______.
A.steady
B.faded
C.rusty
D.stale
Pearman put his head close to the window. "Come on, mister. Give me a chance. I need a job." he said. Something in Stephen Pearman' s voice moved Robert Fredy. In the seconds before traffic started moving again, Fredy handed Pearman a business card and told him to call if he was serious.
"My friends told me he was just pulling my leg," said Pearman. "ButI said, 'No, he's a businessman. I need to give it a shot.'"
Two days later, 29-year-old Pearman appeared in the manager's office of the big hotel. Fredy gave him a job and housing and lent him pocket money while training him.
Today, Pearman works full time setting up the hotel's dining halls for business meetings. In the past two years, he has found a flat, married and repaid Fredy's loans(贷款).
"Mr. Fredy gave me a second chance," says Pearman, "And I took advantage of it. I could have just come here a while, eaten up and left. But there is no future in washing windshields."
Ordinarily, Fredy keeps away from the street people. "But Pearman seemed so honest and open, asking for a chance rather than just money," Fredy says. "I don't hand my business card to just anybody. But I'm glad I did in this case."
When Pearman offered to wash the windshield for Fredy, ______.
A.Fredy took him as a beggar
B.Pearman was told to do it later
C.Fredy gladly agreed to let him do it
D.Pearman knew Fredy was a kind man
Now I don't want to intrude because John's house is full of visitors.
A.intercept
B.interlope
C.infer
D.incur
I’ve never been to Lijiang, but it s the place_________.
A.where I’d like to visit it
B.that I want to visit it most
C.in which I’d like to visit
D.I most want to visit