－Have you had many visitors yet?

－No, ________ you’re the first．

A．by the way

B．as a matter of fact

C．as a whole

D．in other words

With the aid of the most advanced equipment, new facts about the ancient pyramids in Egypt have recently ________．

A．brought to light

B．seen the light

C．throw light

D．come to light

What ________ her apart from the other candidates for the job was that she had a lot of original ideas．

A．pulled

B．set

C．told

D．took

Schools in the east tend to be better equipped, ________ those in the west are relatively poor．

A．because

B．as

C．when

D．while

There is more than ________ rain this year, so some parts of the country have been flooded．

A．extra

B．plenty

C．adequate

D．little

Last year he started in this film ________ of Bill Cronshaw’s best-selling novel．

A．adaptation

B．adoption

C．promotion

D．profession

The pianist who had been highly praised ________ to be a great disappointment．

A．turned up

B．turned in

C．turned down

D．turned out

－I don’t know who sent the gift, but I’ll make some ________．

－Sounds a good idea．

A．progress

B．choices

C．requests

D．enquiries

－How did you sleep last night?

－Like a dog．Never slept ________．

A．well

B．good

C．best

D．better

It was in the year of 1999 ________ my brother entered college．

A．until

B．when

C．that

D．before