23．I decide to leave the company next month, where I ______for exactly three years.

A．work

B．is working

C．will be working

D．will have worked

I don' t want to be a person that always cries, but today apparently ____．

29. If city noises____from increasing, people___shout to be heard even at the dinner table 20 years from now.

28. The farm as well as its neighboring hills we once spent so much time ____ on a new look as recently as last year.

26. The pen I _______ I _______is on my desk, right under my nose.

A．thought; had lost

B．think; lost

C．think; had lost

D．thought; have lost

25. He is one of the old scientists who ______nothing about his personal income and fame .

——What’s that noise?
——Oh, I forgot to tell you. The new machine ______.

I don’t believe you’ve already finished reading the book — I ______it to you this morning!

The telephone _______, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped.

He       as a national hero for winning the first gold medal for his country in the Olympics.