- --Would you like to go to see a film with me tonight?

　 --- _______ , but I have a visiting friend now.

　 A. I would    B. I'd like to   C. I'd be happy    D. I'd prefer

He ______to swim across the Channel, but they failed because of the terrible weather.

A. succeeded     B. managed    C. attempted    D. thought

Desipt the fact that there was a big ______ over the meeting, it seemed that a good many of the invited guests would still attend it.

  A. controversy     B. comparison    C. agreement    D. contribution

—You were mistaken ____Jane，she really wanted to help you.

 —I admit that I mistook her offer______ a threat. Anyhow，I don’t like the way she acts.

A.about; to  B.for; as  C.about; for  D.in; for

This is a book, which I dare say, is unequaled ______translation practice is concerned.

A. as much as  B. as well as  C.as far as  D. as long as

—Mom. I came first in the National Basic Skill Competetion.

—Well done! ________.

A. Keep it up     B. Take it easy    C. Catch it      D. Hold it.

I came in tired and happy and badly in need_____ a bath. However, my elder brother insisted there wasn’t much need______ one

  A. of; for    B. for; of     C. for; for    D. of; of

The girl in the snapshot was smiling sweetly, her long hair.

A. flowed in the breeze  B. was flowing in the breeze       

C. were flowing in the breeze       D. flowing in the breeze

. —You must have met him the other day. —Oh, no, I ________.

A. hadn’t       B. mustn’t

C. haven’t      D. didn’t

Don’t go to _____ places where there is no fresh air.

A. such   B. so

C. those   D. which