---How long _______ each other before they ________ married ?
-- -For about a year .
| A．have they known ; get | B．did they know ; were going to get |
| C．do they know ; are going to get | D．had they known ; got |
Both of my parents prefer _______ news to foreign news when they listen to the radio..
| A．local | B．latest | C．international | D．global |
Instead of answering, she ______ smiled.
| A．merely | B．barely | C．almost | D．scarcely |
The patient suffering from cancer looked dead but the faint pulse proved that he was still________.
| A．live | B．life | C．alive | D．lively |
The continuous rain ______ the harvesting of the wheat crop by two weeks.
| A．set back. | B．set off | C．set out | D．set aside |
In 1989, a(n) _______law was passed by the United Nations to stop people putting waste into sea.
| A．national | B．local | C．internet | D．international |