| The landslide almost flattened the small town of Zhouqu, leaving 1,248 dead and 496 missing. I wonder how long it will be ____ the people there get over the shock. |
A. before B. when C. since D. after |
| The two friends ____ on the Internet for three hours, and they would go on till the next morning. |
A. had been chatting B. had chatted C. were chatting D. have been chatting |
| I fell behind in my studies because I went through about four years of being _____ online games. |
A. addicted to B. connected to C. devoted to D. supposed to |
| Yuexiu Park is really beautiful. In fact I doubt whether Guangzhou has ____ park. |
A. a more beautiful B. a most beautiful C. the most beautiful D. a beautiful |
| We should use the learned knowledge in our work because in no case ____ from practice. |
A. should theory separate B. should theory be separated C. theory should be separated D. theory should separate |
| They say "____", but there is every chance that Usain Bolt will strike again later this week, when he will try to break the 200 metres world record he set in Beijing. |
A. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing B. Lightning never strikes twice in the same place C. Where there is a will, there is a way D. Failure is the mother of success |
| Mr. and Mrs. Black called their landlord ____ about the constant loud music and shouting from their neighbors upstairs. |
A. to complain B. being complained C. complained D. complaining |
| It is difficult for us to eat better, exercise more and sleep enough, ____ we know we should. |
A. as if B. the moment C. even if D. so that |
| Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ____, of course, made the others unhappy. |
A. who B. which C. this D. what |