－Robert is indeed a wise man．

－Oh, yes．How often I have regretted _________ his advice!

A．to take

B．taking

C．not to take

D．not taking

－My God! See the long queue? Maybe we are in a traffic block!

－Oh, no! _________!

A．What luck

B．Forget it

C．Couldn’t be better

D．Not at all

－In this day and age, women can have children and jobs as well．

－I can’t agree more．It’s great to have the two _________．

A．linked

B．related

C．connected

D．combined

－It’ll take at least two hours to do this!

－Oh, _________．I could do it in 30 minutes．

A．come on

B．pardon me

C．you are right

D．don’t mention it

－Nice to see you again after all these years．What _________?

－Well, I’ve tried many things since we left school．I’m now working for a large oil company．

A．have you done

B．were you doing

C．did you do

D．have you been doing

－It’s really a miracle! You’re still alive at all after such a terrible accident!

－Thank goodness! But for the stick of the tree branch, I _________．

A．would have been killed

B．had been killed

C．be killed

D．was killed

－Did he say anything that _________ you especially?

－Not really．Actually I slept through his speech．

A．adjusted to

B．attached to

C．referred to

D．appealed to

－Her father is very rich．

－_________ She wouldn’t accept his help even if it were offered．

A．What for?

B．So what?

C．No doubt．

D．No wonder．

－Hurry up! There's a bus coming!

－Why run? There will be ________ one in two or three minutes．

A．another

B．other

C．the other

D．any other

－Our class team is short of one person for the coming football match．Why don’t you join us?

－_________．

A．It’s my pleasure

B．Don’t mention it

C．It’s up to you

D．It is really not my cup of tea