Mr. Zhang is________ taking an airplane. He has to go to Beijing by train.

A. afraid of  B. fond of  C. short of

—Could I use your recorder for a few moments，please?

—________ I'm not using it.

A. Come on.  B. That's great.  C. Go ahead.

—Could you tell me________？ I must prepare for it.

—Well，it will start at 9∶00 tomorrow morning. There is enough time for you.

A. why will the speech start  B. when the speech will start  C. where the speech will start

 —What a pity! We've lost the baseball game.

—It is not ________ whether you fail or succeed. The point is that you take part in it and enjoy it.

A. important  B. possible  C. natural

The novel is so great. It is well worth ________ again.

A. read  B. to read  C. reading

 The old man has been living by________ since his children went abroad.

A. himself  B. him  C. his

My sister is so busy that she really can't help ________ some washing.

A. does  B. to do  C. doing

 Let's carry the sofa out of the bedroom. It takes up too much________.

A. place  B. room  C. area

Where's my key? I remember putting it________ in the study.

A. everywhere  B. anywhere  C. somewhere

 —Sun Honglei is one of________ at present，I think.

—I agree with you.

A. the best actors  B. better actors  C. the best actor