As a rule, domestic servants doing odd jobs are paid ______.
| A．by the hour | B．by hour | C．by an hour | D．by hours |
The evening news comes on at 7 o’clock and ______only thirty minutes.
| A．keeps | B．continues | C．finishes | D．lasts |
—Shall we go to the market to get some apples？
—Look！It ______rain.Let’s make it another time.
| A．will | B．is going to | C．would | D．shall |
I cannot______ puzzled，for I simply cannot understand how I could have made such a stupid mistake.
| A．help feel | B．help but to feel | C．but to feel | D．but feel |
—What about the football match last night？
—______.I might as well have stayed at home and had a good rest.
| A．It couldn’t have been any better | B．It couldn’t have been any worse |
| C．It was the best one | D．There was no better one |
Since you have found it hard to learn Spanish，why not try ______foreign language？
| A．to learn a second | B．learning a second |
| C．learning the second | D．to learn the second |