When the ship was on  ________  point of sinking, people on ________  board rushed to the bank.

  A. the; 不填        B. a; a             C. the; the           D. 不填; the

 He could hardly ________ this amount of work in such a short time.

  A. get through       B. get off            C. get into           D. get down

I lost my way in complete darkness and, ________ matters worse, it began to rain.

  A. made             B. having made       C. making             D. to make

--_______ I didn't a one-way street, officer.

--_______.

  A. That's all fight                                 B. I don't believe you

  C. Sorry, but that's no excuse               D. You don't say that

一Are you coming to the party?

一I’m not sure ________ go to the concert instead．

  A．must    B．might    C．should  D．would

Her father makes himself ________ longer hours ________ the big family．

  A．to work；to raise    B．to work；raise    C．work；to raise       D．work；raise

The police were looking into the accident，hoping to find out ________ that had caused it．

  A．what it was    B．what was it    C．how it was          D．how was it

The first edition ________ in 1955 and ________ a best seller ever since．

  A．was published；had been               B．had been published；had been

  C．has been published；has been     D．was published；has been

Let’s put off the picnic until next week ________ the weather may be better．

  A．since     B．if       C．as     D．when

With the great weight ________ off her mind，she passed the test successfully．

  A．taking    B．taken    C．take   D．to be taken