Upon reading the notice all the staff of the company stood there         ,  looking      at each other.

A. no speaking  B. speechlessly  C.speechless; D.  did not speaking

He is ______as a leader but he hasn’t__________ in teaching.

  A. success; many experiences    B. a success; much experience

  C. great success; an experience  D. a great success; a lot of experiences

— I told you that he would come to see you.

— Actually I had little doubt _____ it was true.

A. whether     B. that     C. since     D. if

You may depend _________it won’t happen again.

A. that    B. on that  C. on it that   D. on it

She took the boy _____ the hand and led him _____ the zero.

A. in…by   B. on…at  C. at…in   D. by…round

After the new technique was introduced the factory produced ______cars in 1994 as the year before.

A. as twice many     B. as many twice  C. twice as many     D. twice as

Has all that ____ without delay ____ yet?

A. can do…being done       B. done…been done

C. ought to be done…to do   D. should be done…been done

I was so familiar with her that I recognized her voice _____I picked up the phone.

A. the moment  B. after  C. before D. while

He arrived here at noon, ______in the day, and he went out and came back_______ in the day.

A. late; late      B. late; later  C. later; late      D. later; later

It knowledge is power, ____Sir Francis Bacon wrote in 1579, ______ perhaps creativity ca be described as the ability to use that power.

A. what; and       B. as; then C. which; and      D. that; then