—Did you see a man in black pass by just now?
—No, sir. I __________ a newspaper.
| A．read | B．was reading |
| C．would read | D．am reading |
We can’t afford a holiday, so we’ll just have to go____.
| A．round | B．over | C．by | D．without |
China sent up Shenzhou VII manned spaceship into spaceship successfully, which shows that science and technology ______ rapidly in China.
| A．has been developing | B．develops | C．developed | D．has developed |
___his school work, he takes interest in anything.
| A．Except | B．Apart from | C．Except for | D．Beside |
We had to ______ our visit to the pyramids because we didn’t have enough time to see them before we left Egypt.
| A．prohibit | B．postpone | C．predict | D．preserve |
---I didn’t go to Mary’s party last night because my car broke down.
---You could have borrowed mine. I ______ it.
| A．hadn’t used | B．didn’t use | C．wasn’t using | D．wouldn’t use |