Private enterprise is the thing. We went to a party on the river earlier this summer. The host【B1】is old enough to know better, served a lunch made with his home-made wine. As I was driving, I was【B2】to decline, but my wife politely took a glass and subsequently fell upstairs. The wound【B3】weekly dressing by the district nurse, a talkative soul who enjoyed the social【B4】of her work. She stayed for most of the afternoon, admiring things and gossiping about village life. At about the【B5】time I called in the regional crime officer, to advise me on how to make the house reasonably secure against the child criminals who commit most of the【B6】in these parts. He,【B7】, was a companionable soul and made an afternoon of it. And why is it that when I write to a public utility【B8】as the gas board. I get a printed card to tell they received my letter and will shortly act on it? The money spent on printing, typing, filling in and stamping these cards【B9】add up to a very large sum indeed, when spread over all these industries. No commercial house sends such acknowledgements. Money,【B10】it reaches a public service, loses the value that was stamped on it by the trouble to get it.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：As I was driving, I was able to decline, but my wife politely took a glass and subsequently fell upstairs意思为"由于我要开车，所以我能够拒绝喝酒，可我太太处于礼貌喝了一杯，后来在楼上就摔倒了"。其他选项搭配和意思有误。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：commit crimes属于固定搭配，意思为"犯罪"。commit一词后面应该跟负面的动作。由于其他选项的意思都正面，所以只能选择D，意思为"犯入室盗窃罪"。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：从语法上判断，A表示转折关系，B表示时间概念，D有否定的含义(也)，都不符合本句的语境。"He, too, was a companionable soul and made an afternoon of it"意思为"他也喜欢与人交往，所以一下午我们交谈甚欢"。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：must在这里指的是可能性，意思为"肯定"。从语法规则来看，must在这里是情态动词，后面跟原型动词，而其他选项需要动词add up在时态上发生变化。