He is always clever. I wonder how it_____that he should have failed the simple test this time.
| A．came about | B．came over | C．came up | D．came out |
The old lady likes to keep things in the house, _____ throw them away, though many are useless.
| A．more than | B．but also | C．as if | D．rather than |
Most of the evidence was destroyed in the fire. _____, it would be almost impossible to prove Jim guilty.
| A．Anyhow | B．However | C．Besides | D．Thus |
_____ John won a gold medal in the English competition really excited his family.
| A．That | B．when | C．which | D．what |
The news _____ the prime minister will pay a visit to our school next week has been confirmed.
| A．when | B．whether | C．why | D．that |
It was almost midnight when a fire _____ in the neighborhood.
| A．blocked out | B．turned out | C．broke out | D．died out |