I don’t work here full-time. I ________ temporarily.

A. just help out                                       B. have just helped out

C. am just helping out                                    D. just helped out

—What terrible noise here!

         —Go to tell the children that they are ____ to be quiet here.

         A. hoped           B. promised               C. thought                 D. supposed

         It was at the Grand Hotel _______ the suspect was caught, _____ was quite beyond the expectation of the police.

         A. that; that                                                   B. where; that

         C. where; which                                            D. that; which

What a mess I have made! How I wish I ______ to paint the walls of the house.

         A. didn’t attempt                                          B. haven’t attempted

         C. wouldn’t have attempted                D. hadn’t attempted

To my great ______, grandmother’s illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.

         A. anxiety                   B. relief                       C. sorrow                   D. curiosity

All these problems will be discussed at the meeting ______ next Tuesday.

         A. held                        B. being held    C. to hold          D. to be held

         _____ thirty minutes after a meal is better for your health than immediate exercise.

         A. Walk                                                            B. Having walked

         C. Walking                                                       D. Walked

         —When will the problem be settled?

         —Be patient! The person _______ will see to it as soon as possible.

         A. in need                                                        B. in demand

         C. in response                                           D. in charge

A week after the cyclist got missing, the search party found him in the bushes, _________.

         A. cold and hungry                                   B. coldly and hungrily

         C. being cold and hungry                   D. being coldly and hungrily

         How can you expect the children to behave themselves _____ you yourself don’t mind your manners?

         A. though                            B. when                      C. after                       D. unless