－The boss said we had only three days to finish the work．

－Don’t worry．We have already ________ two thirds of it．

A．got down

B．got through

C．given in

D．given away

It was ________ the ambulance came ________ to the hospital．

A．until; that the boy was sent

B．until; that was the boy sent

C．not until; that the boy was sent

D．not until; that was the boy sent

I am a ________ friend of his, because we all live very ________ to our school, and I know very well that he sleeps with the windows ________ even in summer．

A．closing; close; close

B．close; closely; closing

C．closing; closely; closed

D．close; close; closed

John, ________ Mary is to blame for the matter．

A．rather than

B．other than

C．more than

D．less than

________ can you expect to get a pay rise．

A．With hard work

B．Although work hard

C．Only with hard work

D．Now that he works hard

In fact, newspaper editors sometimes do not even ________ control over large sections of their newspapers．

A．exercise

B．make

C．decline

D．develop

－Nothing wrong with it, ________?

－Yes．The computer says：“Please format this disk before entering data．”

A．is it

B．has it

C．are they

D．is there

The key is that, ________ full your schedule is, only when you try really hard ________ always fit some more things in it．

A．no matter what; can you

B．no matter how; can you

C．however; you can

D．whatever; can you

This is the only means that I can think of, ________ we can succeed in finding out the truth．

A．in which

B．by which

C．that

D．which

There are worrisome signs in what we saw, ________ hopeful ones too．

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．yet