...of the universe, and she
seeks to imprison it in the circle of her account-book. Do you remember my
wife? I saw Blanche little by little trying all her tricks. With infinite
patience she prepared to snare me and bind me. She wanted to bring me down to
her level; she cared nothing for me, she only wa...
...harmful改成harmless，那可不可以在to be harmful之前加上not呢？
②Pointing at hisnew designed map,Tom proudly said that it was nota piece of paper,but a record of geographically organized information
问:为什么不可以用两个形容词并列修饰inf...
...2. more…than之后接含有can的从句同样表示否定意义。Tom has moreinsolence than
I can stand. = Tom’s insolence is more
than I can stand.“汤姆的傲慢使我难以忍受。”比较：less… than“不象…；不是…”Joseph is less honest than his
brother. (约瑟弗...
She has set anew record, that is, the sales of her latest book ________ 50 million.
A、 have reached
B、 has reached
C、 are reaching
D、 had reached
这题选B，但是为什么the sales 不可以当作一个整体看待，而且他最新的书是一本，一本书的销量，完全可以...
...on't be possible.We had hoped to fill the back page with
extranews; we're not quite there yet.We had hoped to finish it today, but as itis we probably won' t finish until tomorrow.You disappoint me; I had expected you to behave
more responsibly.If you miss someone, you notice that they are not in ...
... that one is living a lie or a mistake; that something crucially important has been overlooked, missed, neglected, left untried and unexplored; that a vital obligation to one’s own authentic self hasnot been met, or that some chances of unknown happiness completely different from any happiness ex...
But in 1998, abook of prayers from the Middle Ages sold in an art auction for a lot of money, more money than anyone would pay for a damaged book from the 12th century. Beautiful or not, why? It had been discovered that the book was a palimpsest, and beneath the surface writing on the manual script...
... made in Germany in 1681.Our clavichord is kept in the living room.Ithas belonged to our family for a long time.The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago.Recently it was damaged by a visitor.She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two...
...member. I was always an enthusiastic reader,
sometimes reading up to three books a day as a child. Stories were like air to
me and while other kids played ball or went to parties, I lived out adventures
through the books I checked out from the library. My first job was working at the Ukiah Library w...
...英语真题翻译-2023-新全国卷2-阅读理解C Reading
Art: Art for Book Lovers isa celebration of an everyday object — the book,
represented here in almost three hundred artworks from museums around the
world. The image of the reader appears throughout history, in art made long
before book...
..., which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins
Brooklyn to Staten Island. Ithasa span of 4,
260 feet. The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken
into account by its designer. Two great towers support four huge cables. The
towers are built on immense underwater platforms made o...
The Pentagon hasnot released details of the damage the vessel incurred
nor how long it might be out of action in a region which, with the rise of the Chinese navy, is seeing growing demands
on the US
fleet.Which leaves US
military planners with some big questions to answer in the coming weeks and
m...
The question of GDP and its usefulness hasannoyed policymakers for over half a century. Many argue that itisa flawed concept. It measures things that do not matter and misses things that do. By most recent measures, the UK’s GDP has been the envy of the Western world, with record low unemployme...
.... Flowers. B.
Leaves. C. Books.10. What was Bob
doing when Alex saw him?A. Fishing. B.
Taking pictures. C.
Swimming.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What did David
do on his most recent holiday?A. He had a...