It was believed that things would get worse, but ____ it is they are getting better.

A、before        B、after    C、because          D、as

Now that we ____ all the money, it’s no use turning on me and saying it’s all my fault.

A、had lost      B、lost    C、have lost    D、lose

My newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldn’t drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a bank and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company. I’d be a subway guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis. Obviously I’d be overqualified but I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges — those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre.

The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after about half an hour’s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test. This time there were only about fifty candidates. The interviewer sat at a desk. Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a greater or shorter time. Obviously the long interviews were the more successful ones. Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half.

I can remember the questions now: “Why did you leave your last job?” “Why did you leave your job before that?” “And the one before that?” I can’t recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. His closing statement, I thought, revealed (揭示) a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “You’ve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position.”

Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such jobs — being a postman is another one I still desire — demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give. But I was still far short of full self-understanding. I was also short of cash.

The writer applied for the job chiefly because _________.

A．he wanted to work in the centre of London

B．he could no longer afford to live without one

C．he was not interested in any other available job

D．he had received some suitable training

The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _________.

A．he often traveled underground       B．he had written many poems

C．he could deal with difficult situations    D．he had worked in a company

The length of his interview meant that _________.

A．he was not going to be offered the job

B．he had not done well in the intelligence test

C．he did not like the interviewer at all

D．he had little work experience to talk about

What does the writer realize now that he did not realize then?

A．How unpleasant ordinary jobs can be.   B．How difficult it is to be a poet.

C．How unsuitable he was for the job. D．How badly he did in the interview.

What’s the writer’s opinion of the psychologist?

A. He was very aggressive.   B. He was unhappy with his job.

C. He was quite inefficient. D. He was rather unsympathetic.

——He ought ot have been warned of the danger.

     ——____, but he wouldn’t listen to me.

A、yes, he ought to B、So he was    C、So was he    D、So it was with him

2010年广州亚运会即将来临。为了迎接亚运，你们班级将举行一次“我与2012广州亚运”的主题班会。假如你是班长，请你就以下内容拟一个发言稿。

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     Hello, my dear fellow classmates. Today we’re having a class meeting here whose topic is “2012 Guangzhou Asian Games & Me”.                                                                             

     Thank you for your attention and next, I hope all of you will share your idea with one another about the coming great Games.

——Why are the tax collectors so busy?

    ——Many people prefer to have their tax forms completed by a professional rather than ___.

A、do it themselves B、doing it themselves 

C、to do it themselves  D、done by themselves

Don’t be _______ by products promising to make you lose your weight quickly.

   A. taken off   B. taken out   C. taken away   D. taken in

.“Goodbye, then,” she said, without even ___________ from her book.

   A. looking down     B. looking up     C. looking away      D. looking on

Experts have been warning _____ of the health risks caused by passive smoking.

   A. at a time   B. at one time   C. for some time   D. for the time

It is difficult for us to learn a lesson in life _____we’ve actually had that lesson.

   A. until       B. after       C. since        D. when