－Hello．Is Mr．Fred available now?

－________．

I am Mr．Fred．

Speaking

Who are you?

Who are you looking for?

－I hear that Mary won the prize of the biology contest．

－________．She was not interested in it at all．

You're kidding!

So what?

Why not?

Not really．

－Can I pay the bill by check?

－Sorry, sir．But it is the management rules of our hotel that payment ________ be made in cash．

shall

need

will

can

－How do the students find the optional courses in your school?

－Very interesting and they think ________ the courses in science．

a number of

a great deal of

the number of

the great deal of

－Excuse me, what can I do for you?

－Yes．I'd like to place ________ advertisement for ________ used car in your paper．

the; a

an;/

an; a

/;the

－Mr．Gordon asked me to remind you of the meeting this afternoon．Don't you forget it!

－Ok, I ________．

won't

don't

will

do

－Do you think our basketball team played very well yesterday?

－________．

They were not nervous at all

They were still young

They played naturally

They couldn't have done better

－Do you really want to go out?

－It may rain．________, I shall go out; I don't mind the rain．

Anyhow

Otherwise

Somehow

Therefore

－I regret to say that I ________ have shouted at you the other day．

－Forget it．I was a bit out of control myself．

shouldn't

mustn't

couldn't

mightn't

－Has your father returned from Africa yet?

－Yes, but he ________ here for only three days before his company sent him to Australia．

was

has been

will be

would be