jiang
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Dear teachers,
I have four questions to ask:
No.1
(The previous part is a description of what happened on December 1, 1955)
The boycott lasted 380 days, and cost the bus line millions of dollars. Finally, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that segregation on the buses was unconstitutional. Rosa Parks could now sit anywhere on a bus. Although most of us have forgotten her, the revolution she started changed America.
Separating the black from the white on buses was not unlawful until___.
a. early 1956 b. late 1950's
I think both are correct. 'a' is more accurate while 'b' is more general. Is that right?
No.2
All sorts of people are apple-polishers, including politicians and people in high offices-----just about everybody. Oliver Cromwell, the great Enlgish leader, offfered many gifts to win the support of George Fox and his Ouaker group. but failed. Cromwell said, " I see there is a people risen that I cannot win either with gifts, honors, officers or places; but with all other sects and people I can."
It sounds it is contradictory to each other when I read the first sentence and the example. After reading the first sentence I expect an example to show that everyone is an apple-polisher. But the example shows it is not so, according to my understanding. And the question is:
What does the writer want to prove with Cromwell's example?
a. Everybody is an apple-polisher.
b. There are people who don't like being apple-polished.
The key is 'a'. But I think 'b' is the key. Is that right?
No.3
_________ to catch the train though we left for the station 2 hours ahead of time---the awful jam on the way!
a. Barely had we time b. We had barely time
Could you explain what's the difference between the two?
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance.
Jiang
I have four questions to ask:
No.1
(The previous part is a description of what happened on December 1, 1955)
The boycott lasted 380 days, and cost the bus line millions of dollars. Finally, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that segregation on the buses was unconstitutional. Rosa Parks could now sit anywhere on a bus. Although most of us have forgotten her, the revolution she started changed America.
Separating the black from the white on buses was not unlawful until___.
a. early 1956 b. late 1950's
I think both are correct. 'a' is more accurate while 'b' is more general. Is that right?
No.2
All sorts of people are apple-polishers, including politicians and people in high offices-----just about everybody. Oliver Cromwell, the great Enlgish leader, offfered many gifts to win the support of George Fox and his Ouaker group. but failed. Cromwell said, " I see there is a people risen that I cannot win either with gifts, honors, officers or places; but with all other sects and people I can."
It sounds it is contradictory to each other when I read the first sentence and the example. After reading the first sentence I expect an example to show that everyone is an apple-polisher. But the example shows it is not so, according to my understanding. And the question is:
What does the writer want to prove with Cromwell's example?
a. Everybody is an apple-polisher.
b. There are people who don't like being apple-polished.
The key is 'a'. But I think 'b' is the key. Is that right?
No.3
_________ to catch the train though we left for the station 2 hours ahead of time---the awful jam on the way!
a. Barely had we time b. We had barely time
Could you explain what's the difference between the two?
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance.
Jiang
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