35. ____ there are only five minutes to go, I’ll talk about the project in short.
A. As if B. Even if C. Because of D. Now that
34. When caught ____, he begged for my pardon and tried ____ punishment.
A. stealing; escaping B. stealing; to escape
C. to be cheating; escaping D. to be cheating; to escape
33. ---- ____ was it ____ they discovered the entrance to the underground palace?
---- Totally by chance.
A. How, that B. How, which C. Where, which D. What, that
32. ---- Some people believe that robots will take over the world one day.
---- What if that is the ____?
A. thing B. condition C. case D. end