The news came as no surprise to me. I _______ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.
| A．had known | B．knew | C．have known | D．know |
Upon arriving home from a business trip, dad asked mum about my academic performance at high school and then _____ of my little sister, who was in junior school.
| A．one | B．it | C．that | D．the one |
--- You know Brad Pitt is already fifty．
--- You are kidding．He doesn’t look __________ ．
| A．it | B．this | C．the one | D．that |
---Is Michael a man with good manners?
---I don’t think so. As a matter of fact, he is ______but polite.
| A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
In the next 30 years, we could see more heat waves like_____ now occurring in the US or the kind that swept across Europe in 2003 that caused tens of thousands of deaths.
| A．those | B．that | C．this | D．the one |
By 2025, when the number of consumers worldwide has reached 4.2 billion, people with high income will be, for the first time, more than _______ struggling to meet basic needs.
| A．one | B．that | C．ones | D．those |