loadingcompany as it suffered huge losses in the last fiscal year and went bankrupt.
4. Now that you don't like him, why did you invite him to your birthday party in the first place? 5. Though we knew our chances to win were slim, we were more or less depressed when we lost in the game.
6. Perhaps this was the price that has to be paid for progress-who knows? XII.
1.我不在乎他们否定我的计划，但在内心深处我仍渴望得到他们的支持。
2.彼得宣布他不想与她们中任何一个女孩一起唱歌或跳舞，他没给任何理由。
3.我们尊敬的是那些奉献时间、友谊和才能的人，而不是那些一心只为自己谋求私利的人。
4.看来我生意遭到一了巨大损失，这是我不听父母忠告所付出的代价。
5.他们只是顺便又提到了这一点：在我去那个国家旅行时，会有一位翻译一直在我身边。
6.即使当父母强烈反对子女的行为方式时，他们拒绝
接受的是那种行为方式而不是子女本人， 澄清这一点十分重要。 Cloze XIII.
1 ．B 2.C 3．B 4. D 5．A 6. D 7．A 8.B 9.B 10.C 11 ．A 12.B 13.A 14.B 15.B 16.D 17.C 18.D 19.D 20.A Structured Writing XV
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the information of several paper
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