Most colleges now offer first-year students a course specially ___________ to help them succeed academically and personally.
A. |
designed |
B. |
designing |
C. |
to design |
D. |
being designed |
Look at the pride on Tom's face. He ____ to have been praised by the manager just now.
A.seemed | B.seems |
C.had seemed | D.is seeming |
Can you believe neither Amy nor Helen from English-speaking countries though they speak English so well?
A.comes | B.come |
C.are | D.goes |
He asked me how much ____ on the mountain bike.
A.did I pay | B.I paid |
C.had I paid | D.I had paid |
---It was a wonderful trip. So, which city did you like better, Paris or Rome?
---______. There were good things and bad things about them.
A. |
It's hard to say |
B. |
I didn't get it |
C. |
You must be kidding |
D. |
Couldn't be better |
The famous musician, as well as his students, ____ to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Taipei Flower Expo.
A.were invited | B.was invited |
C.have been invited | D.has been invited |
﹣What happened? Your boss seems to _______.
﹣Didn't you know his secretary leaked the secret report to the press?( )
A. |
be over the moon |
B. |
laugh his head off |
C. |
be all ears |
D. |
fly off the handle |
China's soft power grows _______ the increasing appreciation and understanding of China globally.( )
A. |
in line with |
B. |
in reply to |
C. |
in return for |
D. |
in honour of |
_______ you can sleep well, you will lose the ability to focus, plan and stay motivated after one or two nights.( )
A. |
Once |
B. |
Unless |
C. |
If |
D. |
When |
By boat is the only way to get here, which is _______ we arrived.( )
A. |
where |
B. |
when |
C. |
why |
D. |
how |
If we ___________the flight yesterday, we would be enjoying our holiday on the beach.
A. |
had caught |
B. |
caught |
C. |
have caught |
D. |
would catch |
Tom is so independent that he never asks his parents' opinion _________ he wants their support.
A. |
since |
B. |
once |
C. |
unless |
D. |
after |
Mary was silent during the early part of the discussion but finally she ____ her opinion on the subject.
A. |
gave voice to |
B. |
kept an eye on |
C. |
turned a deaf ear of |
D. |
set foot on |
It is reported that many a new house ____ at present in the disaster area in Gansu Province.
A.was being built | B.were being built |
C.is being built | D.are being built |
We’ll reach the sales targets in a month _______ we set at the beginning of the year.(2014)
A.which | B.where |
C.when | D.what |