China’s
exports seemed unimpressive next to the American marvels brought into their
harbors by the barge load, one after the other in the early decades of the
twentieth century—from new machinery to nylon.
老师好!有这样一道选择题:If it _____ for the large orders we receive (received ?) from our
regular customers, we could not have quoted for supplies even at that
price. A. was B. is C. is not
D. were not 参考答案是A. was。请问,为什么不能选择 D. were not?
Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there.请问have found their way there 这句话究竟是什么意思,是"钱找到了它们的去处"? 可为什么最后还有一个there?
But I realized it had been more than two years since I had read most of those titles. I had stopped reading gradually, the way one heals or dies.请问:the way one heals or dies表达什么意思,怎样理解它与前面句子(I had stopped reading gradually)语义上的衔接。谢谢老师!