After months of voyage, Columbus arrived in what later           to be a new continent.

A．had been proved   B．was proved        C．had proved        D．proved

-----Is this the first time you           Quanzhou?

-----No. But the first time I           here, the city wasn’t so beautiful.

A．visited; came                          B．visited; have come

C．have visited; have come                  D．have visited; came

           we are laid off, all of us will have to be retrained and improve ourselves.

A．Unless            B．So that            C．Until             D．In case

To tell the truth, if it were not for the fact that you           my daughter, I would not take such pains to serve you.

A．were             B．had been          C．are              D．have been

----She didn’t take the medicine last night, did she?

­   -----              .

A．No, but I wish she wouldn’t               B．No, but I wish she had

C．Yes, but I wish she did                    D．Yes, but I wish she would

----You didn’t wait for Mr. Smith last night, did you?

-----Yes, but we           . He didn’t return home at all.

A．don’t have to     B．didn’t need to     C．needn’t have     D．should have

Almost everyone has his own strengths and weaknesses. It is           others are weak that maybe you have a great advantage.

A．as               B．where            C．that              D．what

----Little Daniel is watering the flowers! Why?

-----Well, I’m not feeling very well today—otherwise I           it myself.

A．did              B．would do          C．have done         D．will have done

-----Why was our foreign teacher unhappy yesterday?

-----News about the hurricane(飓风) striking her country             an attack of homesickness.

A．set aside          B．set out            C．set off            D．set about