To make believe that there was still someone in the house, the housewife went downstairs, ______ the lights ______ in the living room.

   A. left; burnt           B. leaving; burning     C. leaving; burnt       D. left; being burnt

With odd behavior and strange ideas, Henry can’t be ______ by most of his fellow workers.

   A. figured out           B. turned out           C. made out         D. passed out

It was March 11, 2011 _______ magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck Japan and subsequent tsunami triggered the large-scale crisis.

A. that              B. when             C. on which         D. which

When he woke up the next morning, he discovered that the boat had, ______, travelled to Calais.

   A. in the meantime       B. as a matter of fact  C. in other words       D. on the whole

It is required that under no circumstances ______ betray ourselves even if there are temptations like money or beauty.

   A. we will               B. should we            C. we               D. we shall

Someone says that love is a rose with thorns（刺）. It is attractive from a ______, but as soon as you touch it, you might get hurt.

   A. length                B. way              C. distance         D. space

Each day is a gift, and ______ my eyes open, I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away.

   A. as well as            B. as much as           C. as long as           D. as far as

--- The task is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can make it?

   --- _______ my partner have a try? I think she is the right person to do it.

   A. Will              B. Might                C. Should           D. Shall

The film “Let the Bullets Fly” ______ a great success and ______ a large profit to the cinema.

   A. appreciated; took up                      B. enjoyed; brought in 

C. won; accounted for                        D. seized; cut down

His oversight of the danger that resulted in two deaths and five wounded in the expedition was _________ criminal.

   A. no less than          B. not less than        C. nothing less than        D. less than