Why not __________ there with Mr. Wang?
A.to go
B.go
C.going
D.went
A.to go
B.go
C.going
D.went
A.Certainly, why not
B.Either will do
C.I don’t agree
D.I won’t choose
A.Good Luck!
B.You did?
C.It’s no surprise
D.Never mind
A、I’d rather stay here if you don’t mind.
B、Of course, why not go out?
C、Oh, I don’t like neither here nor there.
D、Sure, we like these two places.
Plans were made.They called for a "King of Clocks, the biggest and best in the world? So the clock had to be big.And it had to keep very good time.The big clock was made in two years.But it couldn't be put in the tower.The tower wasn't even built! Five more years went by before the clock tower was finished.Then the giant hour bell was put in place.It rang out for the first time on July 11, 1859.
The great bell had to have a name.A meeting of Parliament was called to pick one.The clock is the King of Clocks?one man said."Why not call the Queen of Bells?"
"Then why not Victoria?"said another.(Victoria was the British queen at that time.)
The talk about names went on and on.Then Benjamin Hall got up to speak.He was a big man whom the others liked.By this time they were all tired.Someone shouted."Why not call it Big Ben?"
Everybody laughed, and the meeting broke up.But Big Ben it was from then on.Not just the bell, but the whole clock.
(1) The new clock began striking years after the old clock had crashed down.
A.2
B.5
C.15
D.25
(2) The plans said that the new clock had to.
A.be named at a parliament meeting
B.be called Big Ben
C.be made in two years
D.be big and keep good time
(3) The clock tower was built five years after.
A.the clock was made
B.the hour bell was made
C.the old Parliament building burned down
D.the new Parliament building was completed
(4) Originally, the British Parliament called the meeting in order to name.
A.the clock
B.the bell
C.the clock tower
D.the whole building
(5) Big Ben was named after.
A.the king of England
B.the British queen
C.a man in Parliament
D.the clock maker
Five days off work is a harsh penalty for dragging a woman alongside a bus by her arm? Baxa said, "Any time you take money away from someone, it is a harsh punishment. The driver makes $14 an hour. Multiply that by 40 and you can see what he lost. "
Yes, that comes to $560, a tidy sum. But we know that people in the private sector are fired for far less every day. If the people who run the CTA think that the loss of a week's pay is more than enough, I offer them a sporting proposition: Give me a bus. Then have their wives stick their arms in the doorway of the bus, and I'll slam the door shut, stop the gas pedal and take them for a fast one-block jog. And I'll pay $560 to anyone who is bold enough to try it. Any takers? Mr. Baxa? Anybody? I didn't think so.
1.The nurse half-entered one of the buses because____.
A、the bus they wanted didn't stop there
B、she wanted the driver to stop the bus
C、she wanted to get some information from the driver
D、she and her uncle couldn't wait any longer at the corner
2.The reason why the woman trotted alongside the bus was that____.
A、she couldn't get herself away from the bus
B、the driver closed the door before she heard the answer
C、she was dragged by the bus driver
D、she wanted to get the driver's badge number
3.How many blocks was the woman away from the corner where she waited when the bus driver finally let her off? ____
A、Almost one block.
B、Almost two blocks.
C、Probably three blocks.
D、Probably five or six blocks.
4.The bus driver's punishment was____.
A、being dismissed from the CTA
B、being out of work for a week
C、paying a fine of $560
D、working without pay for five days
5.Why did the author offer a sporting proposition? ____
A、Because the CTA paid little attention to the incident.
B、Because the bus driver had not been fired.
C、Because he wanted to threaten the CTA people.
D、Because he thought the penalty was not a harsh on