Last year, however, I took my husband with me to the sales at the large shop in the center of London. We both needed some new clothes and were hoping to find a television set. When we got to Oxford Street, it was so crowded that we decided to split up and meet again at the underground station. So I left my husband and started looking around the shops. Unfortunately all the clothes were in very large sizes and so they were not suitable for me. But I did buy a television at a very cheap price, so I felt quite pleased with myself.
When I arrived at the station, my husband was not there. So I sat down in a nearby cafe to have a cup of tea. I quickly finished my tea when I saw my husband and went out to meet him. He looked very happy. Then I saw he was carrying a large and heavy cardboard box. "Oh, dear!" I thought. Yes, we had no new clothes but two televisions. We shall not be going to the sales again.
In January
A. lots of people go shopping for discount
B. people have a lot of money to spend after Christmas
C. all the shops close for a two-week Christmas holiday
D. people don't have enough money to go looking for bargains
The selection says that trends are towards the
A. growth of cities and shrinking of suburban areas
B. growth of both rural and suburban areas
C. shrinking of urban and suburban areas
D. growth of urban and suburban areas
Little______ that the area was so rich in mineral resources.
A. we expected
B. we expect
C. did we expect
D. expected we
We are______faced with the necessity to recognize that having more people implies a lower
A. readily
B. inevitably
C. smoothly
D. deliberately