| — Your spoken English is so good. Have you been abroad? — Yes. I _____ in London for two years. |
A. have stayed B. stayed C. had stayed D. have been staying |
| — How long do you want me to heat the oil? — Heat it till it _____ to smoke. |
A. would begin B. begins C. will begin D. began |
| — We have two seats free here. Which one would you like? — _____! My mother is coming to see the film with me. |
A. None B. Neither C. All D. Both |
| — Why are you late again, Vera? — The bus took me a (n) _____ half hour to get to the hotel because of the traffic jam. |
A. extra B. spare C. more than D. other |
| He hoped that he would _____ a more suitable job. |
A. be assigned B. assign C. have been assigned D. have assigned |
| The knee is the joint _____ the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg. |
A. when B. where C. which D. that |
| When the man came in, gun in hand, we all stood there, _____. |
A. astonished B. astonishing C. being astonished D. having astonished |
| _____ in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships totaling ＄21,000. |
A. To be judged the best B. Judged the best C. Having judged the best D. Judging the best |
| It is ____ ball-point pen invented by ____ Hungarian refugee named Lazio Biro. |
A. a; the B. the; a C. a; a D. the; the |