——Were you busy last weekend?
——Very. Rather than ____ time playing cards as usual, I devoted every effort to ____ an advertisement.
| A．wasting; making | B．waste; make | C．to waste; make | D．a waste of; making |
To my great disappointment, my best friend left the city I could have a word with her.
| A．before | B．after | C．while | D．until |
The stadium is very splendid and attractive in appearance, may be imagined.
| A．it | B．what | C．as | D．that |
I wondered why John kept it a secret. It was not until he three times that he told me the truth.
| A．asked | B．was asking |
| C．had asked | D．had been asked |
the duty of taking good care of my parents, I have decided to work in Quanzhou, which is close to my hometown.
| A．To consider | B．Considering |
| C．Considered | D．To have considered |
Little Jim to my home after he broke my mobile phone by accident.
| A．dared not to come | B．dared not coming |
| C．dared not come | D．didn’t dare coming |