We were working hard this morning．So now there are only 20 trees ________．

A．to plant

B．to be planted

C．plant

D．planting

Nobody knows ________ this afternoon or tomorrow morning．

A．if Jim comes

B．if Jim will come

C．whether Jim comes

D．whether Jim will come

Tom hasn’t come to school today．I think he ________ be ill．

A．should

B．need

C．may

D．has to

Thank you very much．________ your help, I won’t finish my work on time．

A．Without

B．With

C．In

D．Under

The coat bought last week is too big for me．I’d like to change it for a ________ one．

A．small

B．large

C．nicer

D．smaller

Few of us can understand the passage well ________ there are few new words in it．

A．because

B．so

C．though

D．and

There are quite a few old books on the shelf, but ________ of them is useful to him．

A．both

B．all

C．neither

D．none

Lucy tried her best to find a good job in the city, but she had no ________．

A．idea

B．luck

C．trouble

D．time

I wrote the composition ________ it took my sister, Jane．

I am ________ painter, and to me, one painting is much like ________．

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