—Hurry up!Alice and Sue are waiting for you at the school gate.
—Oh!I thought they______without me.
| A．had gone | B．are going |
| C．have gone | D．went |
_____, about forty people travel in one bus, while the same number occupy thirty-three cars.
| A．On average | B．According to | C．In average | D．Instead |
Today some people call Amsterdam the “City of Bicycles”____ the convenience for bicycles there.
| A．while | B．before | C．because | D．because of |
Not long after his return, a local war ____ near his town.
| A．broke in | B．broken into | C．broke out | D．broke down |
Later, these rocks proved that ___ in the distant past the Antarctic was covered by plants.
| A．at one time | B．at a time | C．at times | D．at the same time |
The prisoners then wrote the stories in a book called “The Description of the World”, ____ became one of the best-selling books in Europe.
| A．it | B．which | C．that | D．where |