The students all looked ______ at me when I told them that they would have one more day off.

A. sad            B. sadly            C. happy          D. happily

 –Have you heard of the big fire last night?

  --Yes. The firemen struggled against it for about 35 minutes and _______ the fire at last.

   A. gave up         B. gave out      C. put out         D. put up

–Nancy is an honest girl. She never tells a lie, ______?

  --No, she doesn’t. We can trust her all the time.

   A. doesn’t she      B. isn’t she      C. does she        D. is she

 –How soon can you finish the work?

  --We can finish it in 20 minutes if we have one more person ________ us.

   A. to help          B. helps        C. helped          D. helping

 We only heard about the meeting yesterday, so it ______ yet.

   A. didn’t prepare                  B. hasn’t prepared   

C. wasn’t prepared                D. hasn’t been prepared

--Every day, my mother tries to spare some time to chat with me ______ she is very tired after a whole day’s hard work.

  --How kind she is!

   A. and           B. so              C. although        D. but

–-Do you know about Han Han? 

   --Yes, he ______ a playful student when he was in secondary school, but now he is one of the most popular writers in China.

    A. was used to be  B. used to be     C. was used to being  D. was used for

–Did you see the movie ‘Go Lala Go!’ in the Peace Cinema last night?

   --I had planned to, but it ______ heavily all the night.

    A. is raining       B. was raining      C. has rained       D. had rained

 –It’s said that Wang Meng spent almost 10 hours training every day.

   --That’s true. She is really hard-working. ______, she won 3 golden medals in the 21st Winter Olympics.

    A. By the way        B. First of all        C. As a result       D. In order to

 Parents shouldn’t do all the things for their children because too much ______ prevents children’s development.

    A. protection       B. pollution        C. exploration      D. application