If he had spent more time practising speaking English before, he ________ able to speak it much better now．

A．will be

B．would be

C．has been

D．would have been

The water supply has been cut off temporarily because the workers ________ one of the main pipes．

A．had repaired

B．have repaired

C．repaired

D．are repairing

At our factory there are a few machines similar to ________ described in this magazine．

A．them

B．these

C．those

D．ones

It was not until near the end of the letter ________ she mentioned her own plan．

A．that

B．where

C．why

D．when

In some languages, 100 words make up half of all words ________ in daily conversations．

A．using

B．to use

C．having used

D．used

No one ________ be more generous, he has a heart of gold．

A．could

B．must

C．dare

D．need

I had hoped to take a holiday this year but I wasn't able to ________

A．get away

B．drop in

C．check out

D．hold on

While she was in Paris, she developed a ________ for fine art．

A．way

B．relation

C．taste

D．habit

We have launched another man-made satellite, ________ is announced in today's newspaper．

A．that

B．which

C．who

D．what

________ small, the company has about 1, 000 buyers in over 30 countries．

A．As

B．If

C．Although

D．Once