－You should make good preparations before you set off for Nanjing next week．

－Yes, I know．________．

A．If you fail to plan, you plan to fail

B．Failure is the mother of success

C．Do nothing by halves

D．Kill two birds with one stone

－________ one and a half months enough for the project to be finished?

－I am afraid not．The professor is ill and only after he recovers ________ go on with it．

A．Is; he can

B．Are; he can

C．Is; can he

D．Are; can he

－What did Kincaid say just now?

－He said he ________ a dog if he hadn't been away from home too much．

A．had had

B．had

C．would have

D．would have had

－Why couldn't you tell me how you felt about things?

－That's because I grew up in a family ________ we didn't talk about feelings．

A．where

B．which

C．when

D．why

－Do you have any news about Bob?

－Yeah．We ________ each other quite a lot recently．

A．have been seeing

B．had been seeing

C．see

D．have seen

－Would you please repeat the grammar rules again?

－Of course, but I am sure that you ________ to me carefully, as I have told you twice already．

A．don't listen

B．wouldn't listen

C．weren't listening

D．aren't listening

－Has anything caught your eye in today's newspaper?

－Yes．A new eight-kilometer-long road is under ________ that links the port area with the motorway system．

A．consideration

B．construction

C．conservation

D．constitution

－Hi, Tom! Could you spare me a minute? I want to have a word with you．

－Sure, Jean．________．

A．You must be worried．

B．It doesn't matter．

C．What's up?

D．Why me?

－Dad, it's raining heavily and I haven't got my umbrella．How can I go back home?

－No worry, Honey! I'll be right there to ________ you ________．

A．take; up

B．catch; up

C．pick; up

D．bring; up

－Who do you guess I am?

－Sorry, your name ________ my mind．

A．slipped

B．has slipped

C．had slipped

D．slips