Things got so bad （recent) ________ that he decided to take a vacation in Greece.

Things got so bad (recent) ______ that he decided not to go to his office.

M: I first became interested in do-it-yourself several years ago. You see, my son Paul is disabled. He's in a wheelchair and I just had to make alterations to the house.

W: Have you had any experience of this kind of work？

M: No. I got a few books from the library but they didn't help very much. Then I decided to go to evening classes so that I could learn basic carpentry and electrics.

W: What sort of changes did you make to the house？

M: First of all, practical things to help Paul. Just imagine the problems a disabled person would have in your house. We need a large house with wide corridors so that Paul could get from one room to another. We didn't have much money and we had to buy this one. It's over ninety years old and it was in a very bad state of repair.

W: Where did you begin？

M: The electrics. I completely rewired the house so that Paul could reach all the switches.

W: What else did you do？

M: By the time I'd altered everything for Paul, do-it-yourself had become a hobby. I really enjoyed doing things with my hands.

W: What are you working on now？

M: I've just finished the kitchen. Now I'm building an extension so that Paul will have a large room on the ground floor where he can work.

W: There's a ＄10,000 prize for the Do-it-yourself competition. How are you going to spend it？

M: I'm hoping to start my own business so that I can convert ordinary houses for disabled people. I think I've become an expert on the subject.

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A．He likes to do things with his own hands.

B．He wants to make things easier for Paul.

C．His house was in a very bad shape when he bought it.

D．He wants to save money.

A．She has to accompany with her grandma.

B．She has to prepare things for the picnic.

C．She has a lot of housework to do.

D．She has got a bad cold.

M: Go on, tell me.

R: It was on my first trip to China. Some Chinese people at my school were very kind to me. At the end of my stay I took then, some white flowers, but they didn't look very happy.

M: Oh, a bad mistake! I also have a story about flowers. I went to my teacher's house for a party when I was in France. So I took some red roses. I reached the house and gave them to my teacher's wife. She laughed and her face went red. But my teacher didn't laugh.

R: Oh! Red roses mean "You love her" if you give red roses to a woman.

If you give white flowers to Chinese people, they feel ______.

A．happy

B．unhappy

C．pleased

While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one; hundred houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to the Tower of London and climbed up on a high part of the buildings so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning. The man of the Tower told him that the fire had started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane; the baker's house had caught fire from the over-heated oven and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So began the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, so it is said, at Pie Corner.

What is the passage about？

A．The Great Fire of London.

B．Who was the first to discover the fire.

C．What Pepys was doing during the fire.

D．The losses caused by the fire.

When he got up in the morning, it looked, as though the fire was dying down, though he could still see some flames. So he set to work to tidy his room and put his things back where he wanted them. While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one:three hundred houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to the Tower of London and climbed up on a high part of the buildings so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning. The man of the Tower told him that the fire had started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane; the baker's house had caught fire from the overheated oven and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So began the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, so it is said, at Pie Corner.

What is the passage about？

A．The Great Fire of London.

B．Who was the first to discover the fire.

C．What Pepys was doing during the fire.

D．The losses caused by the fire.

A、make things bad

B、make things good

C、make things better

D、make things worse

Why should this be？ It's because he's not using his heating ability to help him remember and understand what he's been taught.

Some children get into the habit of learning and remembering things by what they hear. They've got good hearing memories. Other children find it easier to learn and remember things by what they see. They've got good seeing memories. Some children have equally good ability at both seeing and hearing in learning things. Others, less fortunate, seem to have poor hearing and seeing-memories. Most children, I'd say, unknowingly prefer one method over the other for learning and remembering.

But this favoring of one sense over the other is a bad habit and deprives (使......不能) the child of the full use of his natural senses. Mrs. Alien was clearly incredulous when I told her there was nothing wrong with her son's heating. "But he never seems to really understand what he hears, that's what his teachers tell me," she said.

"My psychological examination of William shows he's weak in his hearing memory," I said, "but he has perfectly normal intelligence and can learn in school."

"Our family doctor examined William and he says the boy's hearing was all right. So, that proves you're right on that point," admitted Mrs. Alien. "So how can we help him？ My husband and I will do anything you say, Dr. Dursteln."

"You can do a lot to improve William's hearing memory, but it'll take time. You must be patient and not expect results immediately." I cautioned.

I suggested a detailed program for the parents to use at home. I told Mrs. Alien to come back and see me every two weeks so that I could guide her in any problem she had in using my program.

Those who have poor hearing memories______.

A．cannot hear sounds clearly

B．are poor at remembering and understanding what they have learned

C．are poor at learning things by what they have heard

D．have the habit of learning things by what they have heard of

A．ll right

B．Is that so

C．Sorry to hear that

D．I’m afraid so