Since you are so busy, why not to hire an _____ secretary to assist you？

— Excuse mc, are you waiting for the bus？

— Yes, I am. But the bus is so late.______, how can I get to No.1 Middle School？

A. In the way

B. On the way

C. Out of the way

D. By the way

A.reasonable

B.sensible

C.sentimental

D.sensitive

rtisement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unfortunately, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for the bus. By the time I saw one come around the comer, there was not enough time left to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again the next day. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi, it was expensive, but I felt it would be worth it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, however, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.

1、The man learned () that there would be a concert last Friday.

A、 from his friends

B、form. one of his workmates

C、over the radio

D、from the newspaper

2、He tried to go to the theatre every day but managed to get there only ().

A、once

B、 twice

C、 three times

D、 four times

3、One day the man took () to get to the theatre by bus.

A、forty-five minutes

B、 fifteen minutes

C、 just twenty minutes

D、 over an hour

4、The underlined word "relieved" may best be replaced by "()".

A、surprised

B、please

C、puzzled

D、sorry

5、The story is mainly about ().

A、a good concert

B、 the bad bus service in this city

C、the difficulty of getting a ticket for a concert in a city

D、someone''s disappointment at missing a concert

– Excuse me, does this bus go to the bookstore？– ().

A. The bus is so crowded

B. The bookstore is five blocks away

C. No. You'd better change at the next stop

D. You should wait in line

A.Unless

B.Since

C.Until

D.So

A.since

B.because

C.for

D.so that

A、to help him

B、to do so

A. Or

B. So

C. But

D. Since

Write clearly ________ everybody can understand you correctly.

A、because

B、since

C、in that

D、so that

a bus.

A. as high as

B. as expensive as

C. so high that

D. so expensive as