So many directors ________, the board meeting had to be put off.
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A.were absent |
B.been absent |
C.had been absent |
D.being absent |
They told me it would be cheap but ________it cost me nearly £ 500.
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A.as a result |
B.in a work |
C.at last |
D.in fact |
Do you know where my address book is? — It________ be in the hall cupboard. I think I saw it this morning.
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A.could |
B.can |
C.will |
D.must |
.Mr. Johnson starts to work very early in the morning and goes on working until late in the afternoon ________a break at midday.
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A.with |
B.for |
C.as |
D.through |
Yesterday morning he got up earlier than________ , for it was not a(n)________day.
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A.common; usual |
B.usual; ordinary |
C.usual; normal |
D.common; ordinary |
Most museums are just for looking. But today some of them have things for you to touch. The signs say, "________!"
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A.Be touching |
B.To touch |
C.Do touch |
D.No touch |
The old man came ___ to the railway station, only ___ the train was slowly pulling out of the station.
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A.and ran; found |
B.running; finding |
C.running; to find |
D.to run; finding |
The tables and pictures help make ________ clear ________I wasn't sure of before.
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A.it; for me to understand what |
B.it; everything |
|
C.everything; to understand what |
D./; what |
I know nothing about the match ________ I read in the newspaper.
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A.besides |
B.expect |
C.except that |
D.except what |