Michael: The Johnsons are moving next week. We are going to have a going-away party for them Saturday. Tracy: I didn't realize they were moving so soon. ______ Michael: Yes, but we'll have one last chance to get together. We're planning a barbecue.
Maggie ran back to the kitchen, eggs ______ carefully in her hands.
Which of the following can we infer from the passage?
Martin: Can you cover for me on Sunday? I'm supposed to teach the high school class. Lisa: Sure. ______ ? Martin: We're going to the beach for the weekend. Lisa: Well, don't worry. I'll take good care of Sunday school.
Even if it ______ this afternoon, I will go there.
Joe: We haven't got together for a long time. How about lunch next week? Nancy: I'm pretty tied up all next week. How about we plan on two weeks from today? ______. Joe: OK. Wednesday in two weeks.
What matters ______ not winning but participating.
Beijing's top hotels are fielding scores of calls from foreigners and Chinese people eager to book rooms during the 2008 Olympic Games in the Chinese capital. The luxurious and recently-renovated Beijing Hotel said it had received nearly 100 telephone inquiries from people wanting to book rooms during the Games since Beijing won its bid to host the event. "Out of these people, foreigners make up 30 to 40 per cent, including people calling from the United States and Europe," a hotel sales manager surnamed Song said.
Minutes before the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was announced in Moscow, the hotel had already received 50 to 60 such phone calls from would be game-goers gambling on the result. Domestic callers have mainly come from the southern provinces of Guangdong and Fujian. Song said the hotel was not taking reservations, but only noting down names of callers, because seven years was too far in advance. The hotel also may be used by the IOC and would then need to set aside rooms for IOC members, he said.
Beijing will have more than 800 hotels with star ratings before the Olympic Games in 2008. The city currently has 20 five-star hotels, 34 four-star hotels and 338 other hotels with lower ratings. About 70 hotels will be designated to accommodate athletes and Olympic officials during the Games.
In the first paragraph, which of the following is the most possible reason for many people to book rooms in top hotels in Beijing?
Jim: I have a pair of tickets for an opera Saturday night. Would you like to go? Cindy: I don't think so. ______.
I don't know his address, ______.
According to the second paragraph, the 50 to 60 booking phone calls are from those who ______.