－Has your mother finished her paper yet?

－I don’t know; she _______ it this morning．

A．wrote

B．has written

C．had written

D．was writing

－Jane and Joan have been friends for fifty years．

－No wonder they have such a lot in _______．

A．ordinary

B．average

C．common

D．normal

－Honey, I'd like to go to South-Africa for the World Cup this weekend．

－________．You must help me with the decoration of the house．

A．Go ahead

B．That's great!

C．Forget it!

D．Why?

－You look tired．

－Yes, I ________ non-stop until 8 o'clock．

A．had worked

B．had been working

C．will work

D．was working

－Jack, this is the third time that you have been late this week．

－Sorry, sir, but I was ________ for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam．

A．held up

B．put up

C．taken up

D．given up

－Do you think the weather will be all right this summer?

－No, ________ we are lucky．The newspaper says it'll be very hot anyway．

A．if

B．though

C．unless

D．as

－How was Robert's cooking?

－Oh, pretty good．I was quite ________．

A．admired

B．interested

C．impressed

D．inspired

－Li Ming failed in the final exam．

－________? He is one of the top students in our class．

A．For what

B．So what

C．No way

D．How come

－Let's go to find our manager in his office．

－It's so late at night．He ________ be there．Let's make it another day．

A．can't

B．needn't

C．mustn't

D．ought not to have been

－Do you agree to the plan?

－________．It can't be better．

A．Partly

B．Absolutely

C．Particularly

D．Relatively