－It was a pity that you missed the famous star yesterday．

－________ I hadn’t returned to my hometown．

A．except that

B．only if

C．if only

D．even though

I hear ________ boys in your school like playing football in their spare time, though others prefer basketball．

A．quite a lot

B．quite a few

C．quite a bit

D．quite a little

My grandma still treats me like a child．She can’t imagine ________ grown up．

A．my

B．mine

C．myself

D．me

－Excuse me, can you tell me where the nearest bank is, please?

－________ Oh yes,！It’s past the post office, next to a big market．

A．Mm, let me think．

B．Oh, I beg your pardon?

C．You are welcome

D．What do you mean?

It is generally considered unwise to give a child ________ he or she wants．

A．however

B．whatever

C．whichever

D．whenever

－Eric nearly always wins the science award．

－That is because his projects are ________．

A．extremely well presented

B．well presented extremely

C．presented well extremely

D．extremely presented well

________ it carefully can we hope to find a way to solve the challenging problem．

A．When we observe

B．When to observe

C．That we should only observe

D．Only by observing

Does anybody know how it ________ to live without eating for so many months?

A．keeps

B．manages

C．succeeds

D．tries

－How about seeing the new movie at the theatre tonight?

－________, but I’ve got to go over my notes for tomorrow’ exam．

A．All right

B．Sounds great

C．I can’t

D．No, I am terribly sorry

As time went by, the plan they stuck to ________ fairly practical．

A．proving

B．proved

C．was proved

D．be proved