2017西南交大大学英语v第1次作业

2017西南交大大学英语v第1次作业篇一

西南交大 大学英语Ⅴ 第1~5次作业

2015—2016第一学期

离 线 作 业

科 目： 大学英语Ⅴ 姓 名： 学 号： 专 业： 土木工程(工程造价) 2014-48班（专本）

西南交通大学远程与继续教育学院

直 属 学 习 中 心

大学英语Ⅴ

第1次作业

二、主观题(共1道小题)

26. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “Money is not everything?”. You should write no less than 80 words.

Money can buy a good medicine, doctors, but can not buy health; money can be buy affection, but can not buy happiness and sincere; money can buy beautiful clothes and expensive jewelry, but can not buy to the beauty of the soul; money can buy entertainment, but it cannot buy happiness. Money can buy a book, but can not buy wisdom; money can buy "villain of the heart. But can not buy" gentleman volunteers ". Even if you Jiacaiwanguan, no home, no matter how much money and how? No happy life, more money and how?

大学英语Ⅴ

第2次作业

二、主观题(共1道小题)

26. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “Smoking Is Harmful?”. You should write no less than 80 words.

Nowadays more and more people have realized smoking can do harm to people'shealth. However, some people still enjoy smoking. Why? Because some of them think it is a kind of fashion, some think it is of GREat fun and others, think that smoking can refresh themselves.

In fact, smoking is a bad habit. It can cause a lot of diseases. Meanwhile smoking is a waste of money. Besides, careless smokers may cause dangerous fires.

Smoking is harmful and it is not only bad for smokers themselves, but also bad for non-smokers.

大学英语Ⅴ

第3次作业

二、主观题(共1道小题)

26. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “Health and Wealth”. You should write no less than 80 words.

Owadays people all pursuit of wealth。They work all day even all night to get more money。And they usually get a cold or fever，and hard to heal。But to my mind ，health is more important than wealth。A healthy body can provide people energy to work。No health ，no wealth。So people should pay more attention in their health than wealth。If people want to make more money，they must should take care of their body。In one word，a healthy body is more important than other things。

大学英语Ⅴ

第4次作业

二、主观题(共1道小题)

26. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “How I Spend My Spare Time”. You should write no less than 80 words.

I'm always busy doing all kinds of things.From Monday to Friday ,I have to study at school.So I have my spare time only on weekends.I like playing computer games at home.In the afternoon,I usually play with my friends.Sometimes I help my parents with housework.In the evening ,I often go to the movies.My favorite movies are Superman and Spider-Man.I want to be a hero to help people who need help in the future.

2017西南交大大学英语v第1次作业篇二

西南交大2014-2015大学英语V

大学英语V

第一次作业

一、单项选择题(只有一个选项正确，共25道小题)

1. --- Thank you ever so much for your help.

--- _______.

(A) Glad to hear that

(B) Not worth thanking

(C) Think nothing of it

(D) You're too polite

正确答案：C

2. --- Susan, will you please go and empty that drawer?

--- _______?

(A) What for

(B) What is it

(C) How is it

(D) How come

正确答案：A

3. ---Shall I help you with that suitcase?

---_______.

(A) It’s all right, thanks

(B) Yes, go ahead please

(C) I don’t want to trouble you too much

(D) No. please don’t do it

正确答案：A

4. --- I'm afraid I have no idea what to do.

---_______.

(A) I agree

(B) I don't know either, but I could try

(C) All right

(D) That's great

正确答案：B

5. ---I’d like to invite you to our weekend party.

---_______.

(A) No, thanks

(B) That’s too much trouble for you

(C) It’s my pleasure

(D) Thank you and I'll be glad to

正确答案：D

6. --- _______

---It’s nothing to worry about. I never liked it anyway.

(A) I lost my Walkman this morning.

(B) I feel awful. I’ve got a cold.

(C) I feel terrible, but I’ve left your tape somewhere.

(D) I’m sorry, but we don’t have that medicine.

正确答案：C

7. --- What are Lily’s family like?

---_______

(A) Her family is just like mine.

(B) They like sports very much.

(C) They are all kind and helpful.

(D) They are my neighbors.

正确答案：C

8. --- You couldn't have chosen any gift better for me.

--- _______

(A) Oh, don't you like it?

(B) That's all right.

(C) I'm glad you like it so much.

(D) You have a gift for painting, don't you?

正确答案：C

9. --- How’s the movie? Interesting?

---_______.

(A) It was shown late until midnight

(B) It was starred by a few famous people

(C) Far from. I should have stayed home watching TV

(D) I was seated far away in the corner

正确答案：C

10. ---Will you please turn down the TV?

--- _______.

(A) I’ ll turn it down next time

(B) Never mind if you turn it down

(C) It sounds reasonable

(D) Sorry. I haven’t realized you’re sleeping

正确答案：D

11. You should take _______ of this opportunity and try to make a good impression on them.

(A) care

(B) advantage

(C) charge

(D) place

正确答案：B

12. All the children on the playground stared up into the sky until the noise of the plane ______

(A) gave up

(B) took off

(C) went out

(D) died away

正确答案：D

13. He called her names, so she won't forgive him _______ he makes an apology to her.

(A) although

(B) once

(C) if

(D) unless

正确答案：D

14. I couldn't help but wonder how country life would change the funny, lazy Tom who had once put up a notice on the wall above his bed that _______, WAKE FOR FOOD.

(A) showed

(B) wrote

(C) spoke

(D) said

正确答案：D

15. This new coat cost me________the last one I bought two years ago.

(A) three times

(B) three times as much as

(C) three times as much

(D) three times much as

正确答案：B

16. A solid is different from a liquid _______the solid has its definite shape.

(A) in that

(B) in which

(C) in what

(D) because of which

正确答案：A

17. It was not until it got dark _______ working.

(A) that they stopped

(B) when they stopped

(C) did they stop

(D) that they didn’t stop

正确答案：A

18. Mr. Smith, together with his wife and children, _______ going to the party this weekend.

(A) am

(B) is

(C) are

(D) will

正确答案：B

19. Professor Li, who I _______ abroad, still teaches in Peking University.

(A) think went

(B) think to have gone

(C) thought went

(D) thought had gone

正确答案：D

20. The_______ will be used to help young writers to publish their works.

(A) fee

(B) capital

(C) fund

(D) investment

正确答案：C

21. This is a very _______ situation and we don't know how to face it yet.

(A) comprehensive

(B) compound

(C) complicated

(D) competent

正确答案：C

22. I was about to leave when it _______to me that I had not turned off the gas in the kitchen.

(A) Appealed

(B) happened

(C) occurred

(D) struck

正确答案：C

23. The_______action of the policemen saved the people in the house from being burnt.

(A) prompt

(B) supreme

(C) significant

(D) vital

正确答案：A

24. You should be able to_______ right from wrong.

(A) perceive

(B) distinguish

(C) sight

(D) observe

正确答案：B

25. I am very disappointed _______the results of the experiment.

(A) from

(B) for

(C) to

(D) with

正确答案：D

三、阅读理解、完形填空题(共4道小题)

27. Going to court can be frightening, especially if you are a child. You may have to stand up in the witness（证人）box, and swear（发誓）to tell the truth and answer questions in front of a crowd of adults. It would be even more frightening if you were the victim of a crime and you had to sit in the same courtroom（法庭）as the person accused of attacking you, for instance. So the law in Britain has made it easier for children to act as witnesses. Children are allowed to tell what they know, from another room in the same courthouse. This way they do not have to face all those people in the courtroom.

It works on a closed-circuit（闭路的） television link, which means that the TV only operates inside the court. The child witness sits in a room with a social worker in front of a TV camera. Everyone in the courtroom can see the child on a TV screen, but the child can only see the judge and the lawyers who will ask him or her questions. The system has been so successful that is will be extended to more courts this year.

Another way to make it easy for a child to act a witness is to set up a screen in the court room around the witness box so that the child cannot see the defendant（被告）.

Information given by children can be very important to a court trial（审判）, but before1988 the law did not really recognizes that children told the truth. It stated that anything a child said in court had to be supported by other evidence in the case. [共5题]

(1) A child witness, if he were the victim of the crime, would be frightened most by______.

2017西南交大大学英语v第1次作业篇三

西南交大网络教育大学英语第一次作业

大学英语I第一次作业详情

你已经完成：45 题 （共有 46 题,客观题 45 道）

2017西南交大大学英语v第1次作业篇四

大学英语IV第1次作业

本次作业是本门课程本学期的第1次作业，注释如下：大学英语IV 第1单元 作业题

一、单项选择题(只有一个选项正确，共40道小题)

1. – David, I got an A in Accounting!

–_________________________

(A) I was surprised to hear the news.

(B) Are you kidding?

(C) That‟s a pity.

(D) Congratulations!

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第一单元]D 当得知他人在考试中取得好成绩时，首先应向对方表示祝贺，故D项为正确答案。A，B，C三个选项都不符合礼貌习惯。

2. – How do you think of this test?

–_________________________

(A) I got 85.

(B) Good luck.

(C) It‟s a piece of cake.

(D) Don‟t worry about it.

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第一单元]C 该题题干是询问对方对于考试的看法，“a piece of cake”表示“容易的事，小菜一碟”，说明回答者认为此次考试很容易，因此只有选项C符合上下文语境。

3. – Do you like Professor Zhang‟s classes?

–_________________________

(A) I never miss her class.

(B) Chemistry is difficult to study.

(C) I take a course in Chemistry.

(D) Professor Zhang is a strict teacher.

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第一单元]A 说话者询问对方是否喜欢上张教授的课，选项A的言外之意是回答者十分喜欢教授的课因而从不缺席，故选A，其它三个选项不合题意。

4. – What school subject do you like best?

–_________________________

(A) I hate Physics.

(B) English is my favorite.{2017西南交大大学英语v第1次作业}.

(C) I dislike Computer Science.

(D) I major in World History.

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第一单元]B 该题是问听话者最喜欢的学科， 而A，C选项都表示的“不喜欢……”，因此不正确，而答案D意为专业是世界历史，并不代表是最喜欢的科目，所以只有B项正确。

5. – Excuse me, I‟m a freshman here. Could you show me the way to the library?

–_________________________

(A) I‟m very busy.

(B) That‟s all right.

(C) That‟s my pleasure.

(D) Never mind.

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第一单元]C 当别人向自己问路或要求带路时，根据礼貌习惯首先应表示乐意，这时可以说“That‟s my pleasure”；如果因忙碌等原因拒绝请求时，应先表示歉意，故选项A不正确。B，D都不符合语境。

6. – What are you majoring in?

–_________________________

(A) I‟m interested in Chemistry.

(B) I‟ll take English Exam next Monday.

(C) That‟s a difficult major.

(D) My major is Library Science.

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第一单元]D 该题题干是问对方的专业，故只有D项正确。

7. – May I introduce Professor Chen to you? He‟s our English teacher.

–_________________________

(A) I‟m Wang Ming.

(B) Pleased to meet you, Professor Chen.

(C) I‟ll take your course this term.

(D) You are a good teacher.

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第一单元]B 在英语中当别人向自己介绍朋友或长辈时，应首先表示问候。除选项B的问候方式以外，我们还可以使用句型“Nice to meet you”，“Glad to see you”等。

8. – How was your winter vacation?

–_________________________

(A) I dislike traveling.

(B) Yes, my holiday was wonderful.

(C) Great! I visited Li Jiang in Yun Nan Province.

(D) It‟s hard to say.

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第一单元]C 说话者询问对方寒假过得如何，B项虽然符合上下文语境，但不符合特殊疑问句的回答，故只有C项正确。

9. –I think English course is interesting. How do you think of it?

–_________________________

(A) I couldn‟t agree more.

(B) Our English teacher is very humorous.

(C) English is important for us.

(D) The exam is too difficult to pass.

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第一单元]A “I couldn‟t agree more”意思是表示完全赞同，故回答者是同意对方的观点，认为英语课很有趣。其余选项均不正确。

10. –Are you busy with your study this term?

–_________________________

(A) Excuse me, I‟m busy.

(B) It‟s far from being easy.

(C) Not likely.

(D) Yeah, you know, we are required to hand in three term papers.

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第一单元]D 本题A项是干扰项，说话者询问对方本学期是否学业繁忙，所以“抱歉，我很忙”的回答并不正确。

11. Why not ______ to Professor Chen for advice? He is an expert in this field. [本题1分]

(A) go

(B) to go

(C) you go

(D) your going

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第一单元]A“Why not”加不带to的不定式句型可以表示提出建议。 【译文】为何不去征求陈教授的意见呢？他是这个领域的专家。

12. The term “SOHO” has ______ a lot recently in the newspapers and magazines. [本题1分]

(A) come across

(B) come by

(C) come up

(D) come round

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第一单元]C come up表示“出现，被提及，发生”；come across意为“偶遇，不期而遇”；come by意为“途径，经过”； come round 表示“苏醒，绕道”。 【译文】“SOHO”这个术语最近经常出现在报纸和杂志上。

13. The work______ be completed before this weekend. [本题1分]

(A) ought

(B) must

(C) had better to

(D) should to

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第一单元]B must在此句中意为“必须”；ought后须接to，had better和should后接不带to 的动词原形。 【译文】这项工作必须在周末之前完成。

14. There is always ______ for improvement no matter how much you have already done. [本题1分]

(A) place

(B) area

(C) room

(D) space

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第一单元]C room for 意为“有……的余地，有……的空间”，此时用作不可数名词，常见的搭配有：leave room for“给……留

出空地方”；make room for“为……腾出空位”。 【译文】无论你已经付出了多少努力，总还是有提高的余地。

15. Unfortunately he could not ______ the danger at that time. [本题1分]

(A) prepare

(B) pretend

(C) perform

(D) perceive

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第一单元]D perceive意为“察觉，感知”；prepare意为“准备，预备”；pretend意为“假装，装扮”；perform意为“表演，履行，执行”。 【译文】不幸的是，他当时没能意识到危险。

16. Because of the strong sun, Mrs. White‟s new dinning-room curtains ______ from dark blue to gray within a year.

(A) disappeared

(B) faded

(C) paled

(D) grew

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第一单元]B fade（多指颜色、声音等）消退，变得模糊；（花）凋谢、枯萎；disappear意为“消失，不见”； pale做动词意为“变苍白，使失色”；grow表示“生长，成长”。只有选项B可以用来指颜色褪色。 【译文】 由于日照太强，怀特太太家的餐厅新窗帘在一年之内由深蓝色褪成了灰色。

17. I want to go to the dentist, but you ______ with me. [本题1分]

(A) need not to go

(B) do not need go

(C) need not go

(D) need go not

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第一单元]C 本题考查need作为情态动词的用法。作情态动词时，没有人称和数的变化，后接动词原形；如作实义动词，则和助动词连用，后加to。 【译文】我要去看牙医，但是你没有必要跟我一起去。

18. The traffic police were searching for evidence to prove the man‟s ______. [本题1分]

(A) mistake

(B) fault

(C) shortcoming

(D) error

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第一单元]B fault可以指严重的过失，侧重于造成错误的个人责任；mistake 和error 都指一般性的错误，shortcoming意为“缺点，短处”。 【译文】交警一直在寻找证据以证明该男子有过失。

19. He ______ that he had been in prison twice before. [本题1分]

(A) revealed

(B) revised

(C) rewrote

(D) returned

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第一单元]A reveal表示“透露，揭示”；revise指“修正，修改”；rewrite指“重写，改写”；return意为“返回，回报”。 【译文】他透露自己曾坐过两次牢。

20. By signing the lease we made a ______ to pay a rent of ＄450 a month. [本题1分]

(A) comment

(B) communication

(C) commitment

(D) decision

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第一单元]C commitment意为“承诺，许诺”；comment意为“评论，意见”；communication意为“交流，通讯”；decision 意为“决定，决心”。 【译文】通过签订租约，我们承诺每月付租金450美元。{2017西南交大大学英语v第1次作业}.

21. Footsteps ______ his return. [本题1分]

(A) pronounced

(B) declared

(C) claimed

(D) announced{2017西南交大大学英语v第1次作业}.

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第一单元]D 选项中只有announce可以表示“宣布，通报（某人或某物）的到来或出席”pronounce表示“发音”；declare表示“宣称，声明”；claim意为“声称，主张，要求”。 【译文】听见脚步声，知道他回来了。

22. Physicists from all over the world came to the U.S. to ______ the hundredth anniversary of Einstein‟s birth. [本题1分]

(A) congratulate

(B) celebrate

(C) decorate

(D) participate

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第一单元]B celebrate指以行动（如送礼，开宴会）来庆祝生日、节日等；congratulate表示“祝贺，庆贺”,一般只以言语表达贺意，且须搭配介词on；decorate意为“装饰，装修”；participate指“参与，参加”，后面搭配介词in。 【译文】世界各地的物理学家将齐聚美国，庆祝爱因斯坦诞辰一百周年。

23. You‟ll have more chances of promotion ______ you work hard. [本题1分]

(A) since

(B) while

(C) as

(D) once

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第一单元]D once作连词意为“一旦，一……就……”；since作连词时可表“因为，既然，自…以来”；while作连词时意为“虽然，当……的时候”； as作连词表示“因为，当……的时候”。 【译文】一旦你努力工作，就会得到更多升职的机会。

24. The police have begun to ______ the murder case, but in vain. [本题1分]

(A) look into

(B) look up

2017西南交大大学英语v第1次作业篇五

西南交大大学英语2第1次作业

本次作业是本门课程本学期的第1次作业，注释如下：大学英语II 第1单元 作业题

一、单项选择题(只有一个选项正确，共40道小题)

1. – Is there anything I can do for you?

–

(A) No, no, thank you.

(B) I’m looking for a blue raincoat, size 36.

(C) It’s doesn’t matter.

(D) It’s none of your business.

你选择的答案： B [正确]

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第一单元]答案B 当销售人员问 ―Is there anything I can do for you?‖ 意思是：―您要买点什么？‖应该回答想要买的东西，故选B。

2. –

– That’ll be twenty-six dollars.

(A) How much will that be altogether?

(B) Is it expensive?

(C) How expensive is it?

(D) How much money is it?

你选择的答案： A [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第一单元]A 由回答句可以推断问句是―要多少钱？‖正确的问法只有选项A。

3. – I want to buy a silk tie with white and black spots.

–

(A) No, there is nothing left.

(B) I’m sorry.

(C) I'm afraid we don't have any left.

(D) Here you

are.

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第一单元]C 选项C意思是―对不起，已经卖完了。‖能与上句搭配。

4. – Would you show me some Jasmine tea, please?

–

(A) Sorry, I am busy now.

(B) No, I would not.

(C) Yes, I would.

(D) This way, please.

你选择的答案： D [正确]

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第一单元]D 上句问―我想买点茉莉花茶。‖一般回答 ―This way, please.‖ 意思是 ―这边请。‖ 5. – What a nice stereo!

–

(A) Yes. It’s on sale today.

(B) Do you want to buy it?

(C) You may buy it.

(D) It is cheap.

你选择的答案： A [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第一单元]A 当顾客称赞某种商品的时候，营业员的回答应当是肯定顾客的说法，并进一步介绍以希望顾客购买。故A是合适的回答：―是的，音响很好，而且今天在打折。‖

6. – Hello, what can I do for you?

–

(A) No，thank you.

(B) No, nothing.

(C) I want to buy a woolen carpet.

(D) Thank you for your

help.

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第一单元]C 当售货员问 ― What can I do for you?‖ 时意思是―您要买点什么？‖，应该回答想买的商品。

7. – We like this chair, but we’re wondering if you can give us some discount.

–

(A) No, I can’t.

(B) No, it is cheap.

(C) We only sell at the fixed price.

(D) Sorry, I have no idea.

你选择的答案： C [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第一单元]C 问句是―我们很喜欢这把椅子，能打点折吗？‖营业员若要做出否定回答也不能No, I can’t, 很失礼，而应该用选项C，表示―我们按定价出售‖，委婉拒绝顾客的要求。

8. – This fits you well.

–

(A) No, thanks.

(B) I can’t believe it!

(C) Really?

(D) Ok, I’ll take it.

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第一单元]D 营业员称赞―这件您穿非常合适‖，不能粗鲁的否认，D是合适的回答，意思是―行，我买了。‖

9. – Do you accept credit card or check?

–

(A) No, I can’t.

(B) Both will do.

(C) It is a problem.

(D) No, you can’t.

你选择的答案： B [正确]

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第一单元]B 问句是―能用信用卡或支票付款吗？‖ 选项B表示―都可以‖。

10. – Do you like this one? It’s on sale.

–

(A) It is expensive.

(B) No, not very much

(C) I have no idea.

(D) Not really.

你选择的答案： B [正确]

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第一单元]B 营业员问：―您喜欢这个吗？它正在打折。‖B选项意思是―不是很喜欢‖。 11. According to the time table, the plane for Tokyo _______ at 9 in the morning.

(A) leaves

(B) is leaving

(C) left

(D) has left

你选择的答案： A [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第一单元]A 根据前半句according to the time table可知这是一般的情况，所以用一般现在时。plane作主语，是第三人称单数。【译文】根据时刻表，飞往东京的飞机上午9点起飞。

12. When I arrived in London, it _______

(A) has been raining

(B) rained

(C) was raining

(D) has

rained

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第一单元]C 由前面的arrived 看出是过去发生的事情，而表示―到达某地时在下雨‖，是当时正在发生的事情，所以选择过去进行时。【译文】我到达伦敦的时候正在下雨。

13. Don’t talk so loudly. The baby ______

(A) sleeps

(B) is sleeping

(C) have slept

(D) will

sleep

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第一单元]B 前面的talk说明要用现在时态，而句中―婴儿睡觉‖是正在发生的事情，故采用现在进行时。【译文】不要那么大声地讲话，婴儿正在睡觉。

14. The teacher said that the moon _______ round the earth.

(A) was moving

(B) moved

(C) would move (D) moves

你选择的答案： D [正确]

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第一单元]D 尽管句子前半部分用的是过去时，但―月亮围绕地球转‖是普遍真理，应该用一般现在时表示。【译文】老师说月亮围着地球转。

15. I knew I _______ her before.

(A) had met

(B) have met

(C) met (D) meet

你选择的答案： A [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第一单元]A 这里用过去完成时表示一个动作或状态（meet her）在过去某个时间之前（I knew）已经完成或结束。【译文】我知道我以前见过她。

16. The Queen _______ on TV tomorrow morning.

(A) spoke

(B) is to speak

(C) speaks

(D) is

speaking

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第一单元]B 句中tomorrow morning是非常明显的将来时间标志，谓语动词应该用将来时态，而be to + 不定式表示按计划即将发生的动作。【译文】女王将在明天上午发表电视讲话。

17. We ______each other again since we graduated from the college.

(A) hadn’t seen

(B) didn’t see

(C) don’t see

(D) haven’t seen

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第一单元]D 有since引起的状语时，谓语动词通常要用完成时态。本句中―我们没有再见面‖是到现在为止所发生的情况，故用现在完成时。【译文】自从大学毕业以后，我们没有再见过面。 18. He didn’t go to bed until he ______ his homework

(A) finished

(B) had finished

(C) was finishing

(D) have finished

你选择的答案： B [正确]

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第一单元]B 如果主句和时间状语从句表示的过去动作是在不同时间发生的，那么先发生的动作要用过去完成时表示。在本句中，―完成作业‖是先发生的动作，故选B。 【译文】他做完作业才去睡觉。 19. The children _______ many times not to go near the lake.

(A) were being told