--- I’m sure Tom will pass the final examination．

--- I think so．He            for it for months．

A．had been preparing                                   B．was preparing

C．is preparing                                              D．has been preparing

---Help！Help！

---            a moment and we will go to your rescue．

A．Go on        B．Hold on         C．Move on              D．Carry on

Father gave me a gold watch,             were made of small diamonds．

A．the hands of whom                         B．whom the hands of 

C．which the hands of                            D．the hands of which

---What do you think I should do?

---I think you’d better invite him back to our party        

A．out of respect                              B．a(chǎn)t the expense

C．beyond control                   D．in favor

This evidence          me in my opinion that they were telling lies．

A．controlled           B．confused      C．confirmed          D．confessed

Would it be           for you to help me take my luggage upstairs ?

A．free           B．vacant          C．handy           D．convenient

         in the queen for an hour, he suddenly realized he had left the cheque at home．

A．Waiting         B．To wait         C．Having waited                   D．To have waited

He was about to cross the street __________ he heard his name         ．

A．when; called                              B．if; calling

C．a(chǎn)nd ; calling                                 D．till; called

--- I don’t think we have met before．

--- Yes．Once at a party, but we __________．

A．didn’t introduce                        B．weren’t introduced

C．haven’t introduced                D．weren’t introducing

Ten years ago the population of our village was          that of theirs．

A．a(chǎn)s twice large as                               B．twice as large as

C．twice as much as                            D．a(chǎn)s twice much as