句子翻译：He tried vainly to talk us into agreement with the unrealistic proposal.

person.

A. in term of

B. by no means

C. in addition to

D. by means of

A.say

B.will say

C.said

D.would say

A.favorable

B.favorite

C.favortes

D.favor

that he wasn't happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.

A) Puzzling B) Penetrating C) Perceiving D) Preserving

他责编了丰子恺翻译的日本古典名著“源氏物语”。(改正句子中的错误)

________________(迈克不是个好老师) for he often skips from one subject to another.

He spent almost all his money to buy the hen which was said to be able to lay gold eggs, ________________(没想到这只鸡根本不会下蛋)

A.“臣以险衅，夙遭闵凶。生孩六月，慈父见背……”翻译：我自认为命运坎坷，罪孽深重，幼年时便遭不幸。我的孩子出生六个月，我的父亲就去世了

B.“既无叔伯，终鲜兄弟。门衰祚薄，晚有儿息。”翻译：我既无叔叔伯伯，也少有兄弟。家门衰微福薄，很晚才有子孙。“但以刘日薄西山，气息奄奄，人命微浅，朝不虑夕。”翻译：但是祖母刘氏已是迫近西山的太阳，呼吸已很短促，人已活不长了，早上虽然活着，保不住晚上就会怎样

C.“乌鸟私情，愿乞终养。”翻译：乌鸦尚有私情，我也企望为祖母养老送终

s, signals, and even music over wires from one place to another. However, the human voice 36 this way. Many inventors tried to find a way to send a voice over wires, and in 1876 some of their efforts were awarded with success.

Two American inventors, Alexander Graham Bell and Elisa Gray, succeeded at almost the same time. The United States Supreme Court finally had to decide which of the two was the first inventor of the telephone. The Court decided 37 Bell’s favor.

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Bell grew up in a family that was very interested in teaching people to speak. His grandfather had been an actor who left the theatre to teach elocution(演讲技巧); his father was a teacher 38 deaf-mutes learn how to speak.

However, probably none of the later inventions gave Bell the same feeling of success __39_ he had on the day when he spilled some acid from his batteries. It was after he had worked for months to find ways to send something more than metallic twangs(金属砰弦声)over the wires. Thinking Watson, __40__, was in the next room, Bell called, "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you." Watson was not in the next room. He was down in his laboratory, next to the receiver. To Watson's surprise, he heard the words perfectly. He ran to tell Bell the news: the wires had carried Bell's voice perfectly.

36. A. had never traveled B. never had traveled

C. was never traveled D. never was traveled

37. A. at B. on C. to D. in

38. A. which was helped B. that was helped

C. who helped D. who has helped

39. A. like B. to C. which D. as

40. A. being his helper B. was his helper

C. his helper D. to be his helper

The thief tried to open the locked door but _________.

A) in no way B) in vain C) without effect D) at a loss