首页
登录
职称英语
If there is one thing I hate more than anything else, it is queue-jumping. It is
If there is one thing I hate more than anything else, it is queue-jumping. It is
游客
2024-03-02
27
管理
问题
If there is one thing I hate more than anything else, it is queue-jumping. It is uncultured, selfish, meaner than the meanest act of any lesser animal. For although in order to secure a mate or food or to flee danger, a beast will sometimes stop at nothing in trying to get ahead of the next fellow creature, it at least does it openly, guiltlessly, without the sophistication peculiar only to man.
One of the more usual procedures of queue-jumping involves finding an acquaintance in the queue, going up to him, starting a conversation, perhaps offering him a cigarette, and finally squeezing one’s way into the line.
Even if one does not know a single person in the line, one is not put out. One goes up and down the queue, studying the faces, deciding on a susceptible one, stopping by its side, moving on as the queue moves on and, at the most opportune moment and without a by-your-leave, plants oneself just ahead of it. If the owner of the face does not protest, as happens more often than you imagine, the thing is done. On one of the occasions on which I was chosen as the owner of such a face, the queue-jumper even had the cheek to ask: "Wasn’t I standing here a moment ago?"
Speaking of cheek, I must relate what I overheard a well-dressed middle-aged lady, herself a queue- jumper, remark to an associate of hers: "Just look at those domestic servants. They are always jumping the queue. There’s no stopping them. "Has ever a beast or bird been known to "out-cheek" her? [br] In order to gain profits, a beast will sometimes ______.
选项
A、help his fellow creatures to share with him
B、try to get ahead of the next fellow creature secretly
C、try his best to earn it
D、modestly decline
答案
C
解析
见第一段第2句,原文stop at nothing指“无所顾忌”、“什么都干得出来”
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3500264.html
相关试题推荐
【B1】[br]【B7】A、nothingbutB、nothinglikeC、anythingbutD、anythinglikeCnothi
IlovethemsomuchthatIcanhardlysayanythingwheneverⅠpickupmypenand
[originaltext]Somepeopledon’tlikeanythingtobeoutofplace.Theyare
[originaltext]Somepeopledon’tlikeanythingtobeoutofplace.Theyare
【B1】[br]【B6】A、anythingB、howC、nothingD、someA
[originaltext]W:Tom,doyouhaveaminute?M:Oh,hi,Cathy,sure.Anything?W
[originaltext]W:Tom,doyouhaveaminute?M:Oh,hi,Cathy,sure.Anything?W
【B1】[br]【B4】A、everythingB、nothingC、somethingD、anythingBnothinglastsforev
【B1】[br]【B8】A、somethingB、anythingC、nothingD、thingC文中这句话的含义是“许多酒馆从点心到套餐,包括酒
IfthereisonethingIhatemorethananythingelse,itisqueue-jumping.Itis
随机试题
Ihopemyteacherwilltakemyrecentillnessinto_____whenjudgingmyexaminati
InwhatfielddoesIndiaintendtodobusinesswithRussia?[originaltext]In
Heisanactive(participate)______inthegame.participant
对于通路较长、蒸发温度上下波动较大的蒸发器一般采用()。A.外平衡式热力膨胀
宋词中的帘,品种繁多,状态各异,就前者言,有珠帘、绣帘、画帘、翠帘等;就后者言,
关于表证与里证的区别点,错误的是A.表证一般脉浮,里证一般脉沉 B.表证病程较
A.人参皂苷Ra B.人参皂苷Rb C.人参皂苷Rc D.人参皂苷Rd
(2020年真题)中国人民银行将我国货币供应量划分为不同层次,其中单位定期存款属
六西格玛质量管理方法的基本原则包括()。A.真正以顾客为关注中心 B.基
国际竞争性招标投标过程中只对标书的报价和其他因素进行评比不对投标人资格进行评审的
最新回复
(
0
)