His investment had very bad ______; he lost everything he owned.

   A. success       B. moments       C. causes            D. consequences

 Last week he promised ______ today, but he hasn’t arrived yet.

   A. that he would have come           B. what would he have come

   C. which he would come             D. that he would come

 —Did the medicine make you feel better?

   —No. _______, the worse I felt.

   A. Taking more medicine             B. More medicine taken

   C. The more medicine I take           D. When I take more

 — I didn’t pass the exam.

   — ______ next time, and you’ll succeed.

   A. Working hard    B. To work hard   C. Work hard        D. With hard work

 With a lot of difficult problems ______. The young man felt like a cat on hot bricks.

  A. to settle        B. settling        C. settled             D. being settled

 The two books are the same ______ the colours of the covers are different.

   A. except when      B. except for       C. except that        D. except

 ______ we rescued the drowning child from the river, he was scarcely breathing.

  A. Once          B. While     C. By the time     D. As soon as

 There ______ superstitious（迷信）beliefs in the old society, but now they have all been abandoned.

   A. seemed to have     B. happened to be    C. used to be    D. appeared to be

 The bridge ______ next month will be the largest in this area.

  A. being completed    B. completed     C. to be completed    D. completing

 You’ll surely make progress ______ you stick to your plan.

   A. unless         B. until           C. as long as         D. as well as