It’s stupid of you so much. A smoked b smoking c to smoke d smoke I by the phone until

B: You _____ your alarm clock.
A) had better set B) had to set C) should have set D) ought to have been
22. She said _______ to walk back home.
A) she’d rather B) she’d prefer C) she’d better D) she has got
23. The book was ______ boring ______ I only could read two chapters.
A) such / that B) so / that C) very / that D) too / that
24. . My friend invited me to lunch yesterday, but I had to refuse the invitation. I . . . already . . . my sandwiches.
A) have / eaten B) had / eaten
C) am / eating D) would / eat

During the summer I had the unforgettable experience of working temporarily as a shop assistant in the dress department of a large store. The first ladies to arrive in the mornings were those who spent the whole day shopping. However much they liked a dress, they never liked the idea of buying one at the first shop they had come into and would ask me if it could be put aside for them, and they would be extremely irritated, when, after going round endless other shops, they" reappeared at ours, -should I have sold the dress to another customer in the meantime.

25. It is clear that the writer ……. .
A) was not happy when working as a shop assistant
B) deliberately tried to irritate certain types of customer
C) despised women who couldn't make a decision about what to buy
D) didn't always save dresses for those customers who requested this


26. The writer worked at that shop ….... .
A) during the university vacation
B) only for a short time
C) in order to get experience
D) because of the fashion industry connection


27.We can infer that those ladies mentioned in the passage ………. .
A) had nothing better to do with their lives than go shopping all day
B) wanted to look in other shops in case there were better dresses there
C) had a lot of money to spend on buying new clothes
D) usually bought several dresses throughout the day

The old saying, whenever the result is a mess, that a poor workman always blames his tools is not necessarily a true one. A good workman can also make a mess of things if he uses poor tools, and this is particularly so where the home handyman is concerned. However, a craftsman can usually rely on his skill to overcome difficulties resulting from inadequate equipment. The struggling amateur, taking home maintenance seriously, needs all the help he can get. He should, therefore, have the best tools he can afford.