Luckily good things _________ here to save local wildlife.

—The windows are dirty.
—I know. They _________ for weeks.

—Li Ming went abroad in 2000.
—No wonder. I ______ him ever since.

Nothing but some ancient Chinese coins _______ in the sunken ship since they began the exploration.

----Did you see the manager in the office?
----Yes. He _______ by a journalist from China Daily.

When we got to the stadium hurriedly, the leaders________their speeches and the performance __________.
A. have finished; began                      B. had just finished; had begun
C. had just finished; was about to begin          D just finished; began

I _______ in a foreign company for five years. Still, I don’t regret giving up the well-paid job.

-----Hi, Tina, can I use your car for a while this afternoon?
----- Sorry, _______.

The vegetable looking fresh in his field ______well. It’s often sold out immediately it appears in the market.

I asked him to come at 8 o’clock, but he _________. It’s already 9 now.