4 Jessica was expensive. The family was deep in
Things were bad. Roland saw no light at the 6
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of this tunnel
(隧道). Then he saw an ad in the newspaper: “Security guards
【 解 析 】 选 D 。 Roland 和 Sheila 夫 妇 有 三 个 孩 子 ， 从 句 末 “two boys and baby Jessica”判断。 2. A. other B. another C. puzzling D. strange
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, $150, 000 a year. ”
He called the number. The line was busy, but he
were all taken, 9
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calling and finally got through. He was worried that the jobs they told him plenty of jobs were still 10 in 11 him to Iraq for his assignment. available. They said they would give him two weeks of Texas. Then they would
【解析】选 D。 devote to 意为“致力于”； stick to 意为“坚 持”；refer to意为“提及；参考”。句意为“正是晚上睡得 晚才导致了上班迟到”。lead to意为“导致”，其中的to为介 词，后跟动词时应用 -ing形式。该句为强调句型，即Sleeping late in the evening leads to being late for work. 的强调形式。
