I was afraid__________to my customers because I was afraid__________them.
| A．of talking back；to lose | B．of talking back；of losing |
| C．to talk back；to lose | D．to talk back；of losing |
. — You could have turned to the soldiers for help.
— Yes, but we ____ to manage it on our own. Who would think we would fail?
| A．would hope | B．hoped | C．had hoped | D．have been hoping |
. I first met Mr Zhao nine years ago. He ____ at a chemical college at that time.
| A．had worked | B．has worked | C．was working | D．had been working |
. I’m sorry to have known my train arrives in New York at eight o’clock tonight. The plane I would like to take from there ____ by then.
| A．will have left | B．would leave | C．had left | D．has left |
. She ought to stop work; she has a headache because she ____ all day long.
| A．has been reading | B．had read | C．is reading | D．Read |
. By the time I saw the angry expression on his face, I ____ what I was having to face.
| A．had known | B．have known | C．would know | D．Knew |