＿＿＿＿four years since I joined the army.
| A．There was | B．There is | C．It was | D．It is |
The novels written by the author sell best, but five years ago no one could have imagined how great a role he _____in the literary world.
| A．was playing | B．was to play | C．had played | D．played |
____teacher of my grandmother’s is coming the day after tomorrow. I’m wondering
how old____woman she should be.
| A．The; a | B．A; a | C．A; the | D．The; the |
The machine has been used many years_____ it doesn’t work well occasionally.
| A．That’s because | B．It’s no wonder that |
| C．There’s no doubt if | D．It’s unlikely that |
Having my passenger in my car, I just wondered how I could _____the station since there was a traffic jam ahead.
| A．make it to | B．reach for | C．speed up | D．see him off |
Darkness _____, so we had to stop our journey and stayed on a farm for the night.
| A．happened | B．spread | C．broke | D．fell |