By the time Mr Wang returned home from Beijing, his son's wedding _______.

A. ended　　　　　　　　B. has ended

C. had been ending D. had ended

—Are you satisfied with the answer?

—Not at all. It couldn't have been ______.

A. worse B. so bad

C. better D. the worst

Our teacher always speaks slowly and clearly in class _____.

A. so as to be understood B. to have understood

C. so as to understand D. to understand

—How was that?

—I was chatting on line _____ the power went out.

A. because B. while C. as D. when

Mr. Smith, ______ in the factory for thirty years, is on the way back to his village.

A. to work B. working

C. to have worked D. having worked

The big snow caused great _______to the people living in the south of China, ________some of them homeless.

A. destroy; left B. damage; leaving

C. ruin; having left D. wound; leaving

We're all ready to put it into operation. ______, we're going to take action as fast as possible.

A. In total B. In general

C. In conclusion D. In other words

Mr. Liu is very ______ with his students as he always tries to make his classes lively and interesting.

A. familiar B. popular

C. similar D. particular

—I found the mark rather frightening.

—______ It frightened me to death just now.

A. That's reasonable advice. B. Isn't it a good idea?

C. Do you think so? D. I can't agree more.

Henry was not at math. Even when the teacher explained something a second time, he still couldn’t it.

“Never mind. I’ll sit the boy who’s the best at ,” Henry thought, “and his answers.”

The day of the exam , and Henry sat next to Allan, was at the top of the class in math. Henry copied Allan’s answers his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher said, “Well, boys and girls, I’ve decided to give a red to the student who got the grade. It’s for me to decide who I’ll give the star to, however, two students, Henry and Allan, got the grade.” After a moment she went on, “ I’ve decided to give the star to this time.”

Henry was _ __ when he heard this. He stood and said, “But I got the same grade as Allan, madam.”

“That’s .” The teacher said. “However, Allan’s answer to Question 6 was ‘I don’t know.’, but was ‘Nor do I.’ .”

1.A. well B. best C. better D. good

2.A. retell B.understand C. remember D. answer

3.A. in front of B. besides C. behind D. next to

4.A. English B. Chinese C. science D. math

5.A. check B. choose C. keep D. copy

6.A. ended B.came C. over D. start

7.A . who B. that C. whom D. which

8.A. never B. almost C. sometimes D. always

9.A. in B. on C. at D. onto

10.A. star B. coat C. pen D.book

11.A. least B. best C. lowest D. highest

12.A. unusual B. easy C. hard D. important

13.A.because B. though C. until D. if

14.A. low B. high C. different D.same

15.A. So B. Because C. And D. But

16.A . nobody B. Henry C. Allan D. anybody

17.A. afraid B. worried C. pleased D. angry

18.A. out B. up C. for D. by

19.A . wrong B. true C. OK D. all right

20.A.yours B. mine C. his D. others’