...orporation, the U. S. Air Force, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, the City of Dallas, and the Neiman-Marcus Group, Inc. , have one thing in common — all have purchased the services of Feedback Plus. Feedback Plus is an agency that dispatches professional shoppers who pose as customers. These “mystery...
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and life. Some primitive men do not do so, and travellers interpret them as
saying there are spirits everywhere. In our age of machines we are apt to look
for mechanical explanations of everything, yet it is only three hundred years
since machines had been developed so far that Descartes first sug...
... is the picture of a nation
developing more and more regional competition, as population growth in the
Northeast and Midwest reaches a near standstill.（1998年考研阅读真题第四篇）1980年的人口普查显示，东北部和中西部人口增长几近停顿，国内的地域竞争因此愈...
"The man was elderly and infirm. We can understand his taking an evening stroll， but the ground was damp and the night inclement. Is it natural that he should stand for five or ten minutes， as Dr. Mortimer， with more practical sense than I should have given him credit for， deduced ...
...同上） 3. Never mind is used to refer to
something that is even less likely or possible than the thing previously
mentioned. 表示“更不用说”。如：I can barely understand it , never
mind [= let alone, much less] explain it. 我对它几乎不了解，更不用说解释了。（《韦...
...里) to support the argument. The earth is known to go through cycles;the past has never produced an age of so much so much industrialization causing(就是这里) the pollution currently being experienced(就是这里). A major source of the problem is the increase in carbon dioxide levels but ,oth...
...It's a thousand to one against our finding him at the house," he continued as we retraced our steps swiftly down the path. "Those shots must have told him that the game was up."请教老师：为什么这句话的意思是“要想在室内抓住他，可能性微乎其微” 。a thousand to one ...
...ust a patient's
physical condition but little details about her life, such as if she had family
pictures up in her hospital room or tlowers delivered. ”相反，她保持看积极的态度，以她所在医学院的一位教授乔治。恩格尔为橯样，赞扬“他不仅总是关注病人的...
... a cold overnight train ride-even if at $10 the train ride costs only half as much.看完之后，对这最后的说的10美元到底是bus or public taxi的价格呢还是train的价格呢，感到非常的困惑。还请老师解惑。我的理解：1. Not surprising,这里是It's not surprisi...
...问为什么用副词作表语(look angrily)▲P12▲Momma says stupid is as stupid
does 的翻译与理解the wide world 是什么意思(为什么要加wide)▲P13▲group
numbers 的意思与理解clear 可后接反射不定式吗▲P14▲behind-the-scenes的相关构词知识orphan boy 与 b...
...gin of certain idioms, you will know their precise implications very hard. As a result, studying Chinese idioms are helpful for people to better know the traditional Chinese culture. Chinese idioms are extensively used in daily conservation and in literature composed. Correctly using Chinese idioms ...
...很危险了。【考场测试】Days
later, my brother called to say he was all right, but ______ say where he was. A.
mustn’t B. shouldn’t C. wouldn’t D. mightn’t【考点说明】此题答案为C，would在此表示“愿意”，句意为：几天后，我哥...
...Capulet in a sort of magenta dressing-wrapper on thefirst night, and looks as if she had seen better days." "I know that look. It depressesme," murmured Lord Henry, examining his rings. "The Jew wanted to tell me herhistory, but I said it did not interest me." ...
...的短文。A MOTHER’S DAY
SURPRISEThe twins were
filled with excitement as they thought of the surprise they were planning for
Mother’s Day. How pleased and proud Mother would be when they brought her
breakfast in bed. They planned to make French toast and chicken porridge. They
had watched the...