We are happy that the project has been finished ahead of _______.

A. apartment B. schedule

C. item D. forecast

Believe it or not, there is no such thing __________ “standard English”.

A. for B. like

C. as D. being

Liu Hulan was so brave that she showed no signs of _____ to the enemy even under torture(拷问) .

A. giving in B. giving up

C. giving out D. giving off

---Be quick! The mid-term exam _________. I must leave for school now.

----No rush. The bus _______ at 7:20, so there is enough time left.

A. comes; leaves B. is coming; leaves

C. comes; leaving D. is coming; is leaving

Many of them ignored his advice, _______ they knew it to be very useful.

A. as if B. because of

C. even though D. so that

A number of books in the library ____ been stolen so that the number of them ____ smaller than before.

A. has, are B. has, is

C. have, is D. have, are

The maths teacher told the naughty boys _____ so much noise in class.

A. not making B. not to make

C. don’t make D. didn’t make

His wife ________him to stop smoking, but he didn’t listen.

A. advised B. persuaded

C. suggested D. frightened

Soon after the quakes, one thousand soldiers were sent out to ______ the miners from the coal mine.

A. command B. rescue

C. bury D. request

My parents and I are flying to London for a holiday and I’ll ______ the chance to practice my spoken English.

A. go through B. make use of

C. be fond of D. get tired of