【简答题】__ 1. pass the buck__2. get to the bottom of the problem__3. the last straw__4. slip my mind__5. ripped off__6. talk at cross purposes__7. go the extra mile
【多选题】Each given topic sentence is followed by several additional sentences. Cross off the sentences that are off-topic. TS: The development of watches is an interesting story.
A.
1) A watch is a small timepiece designed to be carried by a person.
B.
2) The first watches were called pocket watches.
C.
3) The first watches were very large and heavy.
D.
4) It is believed that the first pocket watch was made in Germany in about 1510.
E.
5) The earliest known British clock was put up in about 1386.
F.
6) During the sixteenth century watchmaking spread from Germany to England, France and Switzerland.
G.
7) For a long time English clocks were the most famous in the world.