My trousers are too long．You'd better buy me a shorter ________．

A．one

B．trouser

C．set

D．pair

We are ________ making a plan for the meeting．

A．planning

B．considering

C．thinking

D．supposing

He was too excited to ________．

A．go to bed

B．sleep

C．be asleep

D．fall asleep

I ________ you the best luck in the exam．

A．wish

B．hope

C．expect

D．want

The clock ________ twelve and I realized it was late．

A．hit

B．rang

C．struck

D．beat

I ________ live in the countryside than in the city．

A．like to

B．had better

C．would rather

D．prefer

When they arrived at the crossroads, they went in the wrong ________．

A．direction

B．ways

C．road

D．path

Only when all the facts have been ________, can we draw a conclusion．

A．made

B．found out

C．discovered

D．invented

Would you be kind enough to ________ me a few minutes?

A．save

B．share

C．spend

D．spare

The ship ________ a rock and slowly it began to go down．

A．hit

B．knocked

C．beat

D．broke