George was a young man (1) had gone to the big city from a small village and, (2) his hard work, had, in a short time, (3) successful in the business world. George’s sudden rise had gone to his head, (4) , and he had become too proud (5) himself. Then George (6) home for a visit, halfway (7) everyone in town to be at the railway station to welcome and cheer for (8) hero. (9) to his surprise, George saw (10) .no one, not even his family, was around to (11) him when he came down from the train, looking very (12) in a new suit and carrying a big suitcase (13) of other fashionable (时髦的)clothes. For a (14) the boy just stood on the platform(站台), wondering what (15) . Several people passed (16) , but all of them did not (17) any attention to George, not even so much (18) glancing his way. (19) , the station master came from his office and rushed over (20) the unhappy young fellow. "Well, hello there, George," he called out cheerily. "Are you going away\
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Before Keynes, economists were gloomy naysayers. “Nothing can be done”, “Don’t interfere,” “It will never work,” they intoned with Eeyore —like pessimism. But Keynes was an unswerving optimist. Of course we can lick unemployment! There is no reason to put up with recessions and depressions! The “economic problem is not—if we look into the future—the permanent problem of the human race,” he wrote. Keynes was born in Cambridge, England, in 1883. His father John Neville Keynes was a noted Cam- bridge economist. His mother Florence Ada Keynes became mayor of Cambridge. Young John was a brilliant student but didn’t immediately aspire to either academiv or public life. He wanted to run a railroad. "It is so easy.., and fascinating to master the principles of these things," he told a friend, with his usual modesty. But no railroad came along, and Keynes ended up taking the civil service exam. His lowest mark was in economics. "I evidently knew more about Economics than my examiners. "he later explained. Keynes was posted to the India Office, but the Civil Service proved deadly dull, and he soon left. He lectured at Cambridge, edited an influential journal and socialized with his Bloomsbury friends, surrounded himself with artists and writers and led an altogether dilettantish life until Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo, and Europe was plunged into World War I. Keynes was called to Britain’s Treasury to work on overseas finances, where he quickly shone. Even his artistic tastes came in handy. He figured a way to balance the French accounts by having Britain’s National Gallery buy paintings by Ma-net, Corot and Delacroix at bargain prices.
George was a young man (1) had gone to the big city from a small village and, (2) his hard work, had, in a short time, (3) successful in the business world. George’s sudden rise had gone to his head, (4) , and he had become too proud (5) himself. Then George (6) home for a visit, halfway (7) everyone in town to be at the railway station to welcome and cheer for (8) hero. (9) to his surprise, George saw (10) .no one, not even his family, was around to (11) him when he came down from the train, looking very (12) in a new suit and carrying a big suitcase (13) of other fashionable (时髦的)clothes. For a (14) the boy just stood on the platform(站台), wondering what (15) . Several people passed (16) , but all of them did not (17) any attention to George, not even so much (18) glancing his way. (19) , the station master came from his office and rushed over (20) the unhappy young fellow. "Well, hello there, George," he called out cheerily. "Are you going away\
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B. to do
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Three of the most popular places to visit in London are the Tower, the Zoo and Madame Tussaud’s waxworks (蜡像) museum. This last-named (21) has the most famous exhibition of waxwork models (22) famous and infamous people in the world. It was (23) by a woman artist named Marie Tussaud. Marie Grosholtz studied wax modelling (24) her uncle in Paris. She modelled many famous people, particularly the (25) figures in the French Revolution. As (26) cut heads fell (27) the guillotine (断头台), Marie started (28) them immediately. In 1793 her uncle (29) and she inherited (继承) his museum and (30) collection. Seven years later she (31) to London and in 1802 she put (32) her first exhibition, in the Strand. It was (33) Madame Tussaud’s, because that was the (34) of the Frenchman she had married. The exhibition was very (35) , and she took care to (36) the figures up to date. In 1833 it moved to Baker Street and remained there (37) well past her death. Her sons moved the exhibition to Marylebone in 1884, (38) it still stands today. (39) of it was damaged by fire in 1925 but the moulds (模型) from which the heads were made (40) and by 1927 the building had been repaired and the figures replaced (替换).
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Once upon a time, a London news reporter wanted to do some research about wine shops. She wanted to see (121) shops offered the best advice and (122) . She thought that the shop assistants in the best wine shops (123) judge their customers by clothes. So she decided to (124) this in her research. The woman put on a long raincoat. She (125) up the buttons in such a way (126) one at the bottom was not clone up. Then she went to six (127) wine shops. She said that she wanted to buy two (128) of wine for a special dinner and (129) what food she was planning to cook. She also said that she did not mind how much money she (130) . In fact, the meal she was planning to cook was not an important meal. So good, (131) wine would in fact be suitable. At one shop, the assistant almost laughed at her. He (132) that, because she was a woman, she did not understand about wine. In another shop, the assistant (133) . her very well and advised her to buy some ordinary, (134) very pleasant wine. The (135) in the sixth shop was the most interesting. The assistant did not (136) her seriously, and advised her to buy two bottles of very (137) wine. What was worse, this wine was not at all suitable for drinking (138) a meal. Finally, he did not give her the right change, but kept (139) five pounds. A week later, her complete report was (140) in the newspaper, including the names of the shops that she had visited.
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B. position
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D. situation