他在公司赢得了地位。

　　单项填空

　　1)(2011·陕西西安月考)The old lady ______by selling used newspapers.

　　A．gets her living　　　 　 B．makes a life

　　C．earns her living D．earns a life

　　2)(2011·河北正定月考)Today onethird of the people on Greenland______ their living in the fishing industry.

　　A．earn B．live

　　C．lead D．get

　　完成句子

　　3)You can't expect to ____________ (谋生)from your painting.

　　4)The boy ____________ (谋生)by selling newspapers in the street.

　　5)The scientist __________ (赢得地位)in his field by his contributions.

　　2．He did not look forward to being in debt because his restaurant was no longer popular.

　　他可不希望由于餐馆不受欢迎而负债。

　　剖析：1)because his restaurant was no longer popular为原因状语从句。

　　2)no longer popular表示对过去肯定，对现在否定，意为"不再受欢迎"。

　　no longer(not...any longer)和no more(not...any more)的区别：no more强调在次数上"不再"；而no longer则强调在时间上"不再"。如：

　　You are no longer a child.

　　你不再是个孩子了。

　　I will see him no more.

　　我再也不见他了。

　　考点：debt n. 债务；债

　　He borrowed a lot of money and couldn't pay off his debts.

　　他借了许多钱，还不清债务。

　　They have got into debt.

　　他们已经开始负债。

　　归纳：pay off one's debts 意为"还清债务"；get into debt意为"欠债"。

　　常用短语：in debt负债

　　out of debt不欠债

　　get into debt/run into debt/fall into debt欠债

　　Knowing they are deep in debt，they cried out their hearts.

　　得知他们负债累累，他们哭得伤心欲绝。

　　Now the woman is out of debt.

　　现在这位女士已不欠债了。

　　He has got into debt，hasn't he?

　　他欠债了，是吗？