His laziness________ his failure; that is to say, his failure_______ his laziness.

A. resulted from; resulted in

B. resulted in; resulted from

C. as a result of; as a result

D. as a result; as a result of

If ______for the job, you’ll be informed soon.

A .to accept B. accept

C. accepting D. accepted

_____ the nurses want a pay increase, they want reduced hours as well.

A. Not do only B. Do not only

C. Only not do D. Not only do

Was it because Jack came late for school _______ Mr. Smith got angry?

A. why B. who

C. where D. that

Writing out all the invitations by hand was more time-consuming than we______.

A. will expect B. are expecting

C. expect D. had expected

—Did you have difficulty finding Ann’s house?

—Not really. She ______us clear directions and we were able to find it easily.

A. was to give B. had given

C. was giving D. would give

It is freezing cold today! Will it get better soon as the weather __________(预报) says?

She phoned the police in (惊慌), crying that she'd lost the baby.

The accident occurred at a c_______ in the rush hour. Fortunately, no one got injured.

An old friend at university was a_________ to see me as soon as he saw my picture online.