Can I go outside()
A.Yes, you can
B.No, you can
C.Yes,you do
A、Yes, you can
A.Yes, you can
B.No, you can
C.Yes,you do
A、Yes, you can
One benefit of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London2
a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the 3 with a garden of his own.
Then, in the country one can be free 4 the noise and hurry of the town. Although one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or bused, one can sleep better at night, and, during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh clean air of the country. If one likes gardening, one can spend one's spare time digging, planting, watering and doing a lot of other jobs which are needed in the garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has the reward of a person who has shared the secrets of 5
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B.get to
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B.with
C.near
3.A.city
B.place
C.country
4.A.out of
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5.A.working
B.nature
C.gardening
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Nowadays a superficial traveler in rural England might conclude that the only village tradesmen still flourishing were either selling frozen food to the inhabitants or selling antiques to visitors. Nevertheless, this would really be a false impression. Admittedly there has been a contraction of village commerce, but its vigor is still remarkable.
Our local grocer’s shop, for example, is actually expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town. Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local news while doing their shopping, instead of queueing up anonymously at a supermarket. And the proprietor knows well that personal service has a substantial cash value.
His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town, but he will deliver anything at any time. His assistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch, hour to take a piece of cheese to an old-age pensioner who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be passing. The more affluent customers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on their doorsteps within an hour. They have only to hint at a fancy for some commodity outside the usual stock and the grocer a red-faced figure, instantly obtains it for them.
The village gains from this sort of enterprise, of course. But I also find it satisfactory because a village shop offers one of the few ways in which a modest individualist can still get along in the world without attaching himself to the big battalions of industry or commerce.
Most of the village shopkeepers I know, at any rate, are decidedly individualist in their ways. For exampie, our shoemaker is a formidable figure: a thick-set, irritable man whom children treat with marked respect, knowing that an ill-judged word can provoke an angry eruption at any time. He stares with contempt at the pairs of cheap, mass-produced shoes taken to him for repair: has it come to this, he seems to be saying, that he, a craftsman, should have to waste his skills upon such trash? But we all know he will in fact do excellent work upon them. And he makes beautiful shoes for those who can afford such luxury.
The services available in villages nowadays are
A.fewer but still very active.
B.less successful than earlier but managing to survive.
C.active in providing food and antiques.
D.surprisingly energetic considering the little demand for them.
Is there anything I can do?()
A. Don't mention it.
B. Thanks, but I can manage.
C. Go ahead, please.
Shall we go out for dinner tonight?().
A.No, you can't
B.Yes, please
C.Thank you, I don't want to
D.Sorry, I have a report to finish
A.It’s over there, I think
B.Go and ask the policeman
C.Sorry, I don’t know. You can go and ask the policeman
A.Am I the only one who can read the operating manual?
B.If you had listened to our agent more carefully, you would know that your policy does not cover accidents outside the UK.
C.We are sorry you have misunderstood us.
D.Your letter of June 3rd regarding payment of this order has received our careful attention.