—Mike, why didn’t you come yesterday?
—I __________, but I had an unexpected visitor.
A.had |
B.would |
C.did |
D.was going to |
By the time I got to the theatre, the play __________ for ten minutes.
A.had been on |
B.had begun |
C.have been on |
D.has begun |
—Does the old man know the museum very well?
—No, this is the first time he __________ here.
A.was |
B.came |
C.has been |
D.is coming |
按照中文大意写成语言规范,前后连贯的文章:
汶川过去是一个不知名的小城市,它距离成都159公里。就在2008年5月12日约下午两点半,汶川发生了一次强烈地震。许多房屋倒塌,成千上万的人无家可归。一些老师和家长为了救孩子牺牲了。全国都关心汶川,送来了救援人员。人们相信汶川有更美好的未来。
Taking a taxi in a certain Eastern European country can be ___1___ shocking experience. It is said ___2___ some taxi drivers have metal wires struck into the passenger seats. And ___3___ a button is pushed, the seat will give you an electric shock. These taxi drivers don’t do this ___4___ fun. They do it to tourists ___5___ argue about the ridiculous(可笑的,荒唐的) fares they charge. Some drivers charge as much ___6___ ten times the legal fare.
They have a secret switch which ___7___ (make) the meters much faster. If you refuse to pay, you are really in for a shock.
In one case, a German woman had no choice but to pay US $120 for a US $20 ride from the airport. She said that she was really ___8___ (take) for a ride, but what could she do? Besides the electric shock, she was verbally(口头地)abused and threatened with physical ___9___ (violent). She has only one piece of advice for tourists, “Take the bus ___10___ stay at home.”
根据所给的单词进行组词
1. national _________________ 2. suffer _________________
3. electrical _______________ 4. expression ________________
5. active __________________ 6. equality _________________
7. relative _________________ 8. sentence(v.) _________________
9. registered ________________ 10. reputation _______________