The rescue team ______to help but failed to get there in time.
| A．had wanted | B．have planned | C．were expecting | D．hoped |
The OPEC has recently cut back production and the price of oil has been ______ to $90 a barrel (桶).
| A．risen | B．raised | C．arisen | D．arose |
_____ is expected, according to the survey, is that prices of houses will not go up any longer.
| A．It | B．As | C．Which | D．What |
____ I want to know is ____ I can master English in the shortest possible time.
| A．What; how | B．How; what | C．Which; what | D．What; what |
I saw a ____ TV broadcast from a website saying that 30 British tourists in Wolong were got in touch.
| A．lively | B．alive | C．live | D．living |
No sooner _____ the news than they rushed out into the street.
| A．they heard | B．they had heard | C．did they hear | D．had they heard |