We failed in our ____ to climb the mountain.
A.trial
B.contempt
C.desire
D.attempt
A.trial
B.contempt
C.desire
D.attempt
Hyperbole is applied in ________.
A、What they really value among the gifts that we bring to them is intoxicating liquor, which enables them, for the first time in their lives, to have the illusion, for a few brief moments, that it is better to be alive than dead; on a few dates in paradise.
B、And when excitement by means of nicotine failed, a patriotic orator would stir them up to attack a neighbouring tribe, which would give them all the enjoyment that we (according to our temperament) derive from a horse race or a General Election.
C、But when he took to agriculture, …and to dream of the life hereafter in which he would perpetually hunt the wild boar of Valhalla.
D、It is scarcely possible to exaggerate the influence of vanity throughout the range of human life, from the child of three to the potentate at whose frown the world trembles.
To our disappointment, Bill ______ to accomplish the work on time.
A. served
B. failed
C. suggested
D. enjoyed
A.advocated
B.insured
C.confirmed
D.promised
根据下面内容,回答题:
Dear Cassy,
Thanks for reminding me by e-mail that you want to baby-sit our children. In spite of the 21 that you are only 12 years old, my wife and I would be 22 to consider your application if you canmeet a few modest 23 :
1. Submit three letters from 24 who will certify that you have never failed to follow directions perfectly in class and never failed to hand in a homework assignment 25.
2. Submit a note from two 26 who will certify that you are in perfect health, have never been sick, and never will be sick.
3. Submit a document from your physical education teacher or team 27 that proves that you can do each of the following: Run two miles in 28 than nine minutes, climb agreased rope to a 29 of twenty feet in thirty seconds while balancing a glass of water on your nose, and walk in bare feet over hot coals and broken glass without complaint or 30.
4. Submit notarized letters from at least two mental health professionals 31 that you have never 32 a jealous, envious, or hostile thought towards any living being Or inanimate object.
5. Play and 33 five expert chess players while blindfolded after going without sleep for 48 hotlrs.
6. Wait 34 for two years while we have private investigators 35 that all your documents are authentic.
Your loving and trusting friends,
The Smiths
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A.fact
B.thing
C.reason
D.fair
Even if we have failed, we should______.
A.not think about it any more
B.learn to accept it
C.learn to live with others
D.take it easy
A. cut...down
B. cut...off
C. cut...out
D. cut...up
We failed to explain the new economic policy to the public and we are ______ in that.
我们没能向公众解释新经济政策,这怪我们。