2014年江西高考单选第25题：Starting your own business could be a way to achieving financial independence, onthe other hand, it could just put you in debt.为什么是 a way to achieving 呢？不是常用 a way to do 或 a way of doing 吗？另外再请翻译一下，谢谢。
...位老师好！在《柳林风声》的原著中看到了这样一句话：They had to lay Toad out onthe floor, kicking and calling all sorts of names, before they could get to work properly. 这句话的语境是，Rat和Mole合力把Toad按在地上，然后脱掉他的衣服。其中的kic...
...文本：Are you wearing shoes? Why? People wear shoes for many reasons. The first and most important reason is to protect their feet. Shoes keep people from hurting their feet while walking on hard roads. Some people wear special shoes designed to help them play a game. Some people wear expensive s...
...丈夫病了真是遗憾。It was pure luck that he found money lying onthe street. 他在街上捡到钱完全是靠运气。It was rather a coincidence that she appeared at that exact moment. 她正好在那个时候出现真是巧合。这些引导主语从句的 that可以省略吗？可以或...
...言外之意就是也可以用单数：Thousands of pounds have spent onthe new hospital. 成千上万英镑的钱花在了这家新医院上。
但我查了一下资料（我说的资料是词典和语法著作，不是网上的资料），得到的结果好像不是这样，Thousands of dollar...
... with misery."Tell him that our home cries out for him. Everything is just the same, and yet everything is different. I can't live without him. I'd sooner kill myself. Talk to him about the past, and all we've gone through together. What am I to say to the children when they ask for him? His room is...
•Start small. I suggest using a sketchbook for small studies. These small studies provide inspiration and may be a
springboard for more complex works in the future. Don’t throw away your
beginner art. You’ll want to look back on your journey to see how far you’ve
come.以上摘自2023年高...
【原文】 “I'm not sure about whether I shall go. I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather -- that is, when the fit is on me, for I can be spry enough at times.” “Why, it is just such a chanc...
Again, I always go to sea as a sailor, because they make a point of
paying me for my trouble, whereas they never pay passengers a single penny that
I ever heard of. Onthe contrary, passengers themselves must pay.老师好，上文节选自美国小说《白鲸记》，黑体部分的"that I ever
he...
...l to growth. I post my work on social media and, in turn, have
met some of the kindest people. They make me feel valued and respected, no matter my level of artistic ability.上面的内容摘自2023年高考英语新全国卷2的阅读七选五。不太明白，为什么no matter 后面只是接一...
...Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of
number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal,
thank you very much. They were the last people you’d expect to be involved in
anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn’t hold with such
nonsense.Mr. Dursley was the director
of a ...