I used to drink a lot of tea but these days I ______ coffee.
| A．prefer | B．preferred |
| C．had preferred | D．am preferring |
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---How long are you going to stay in the country?
--- It’s hard to say. ______.
| A．I don’t want to go there | B．It all depends |
| C．It doesn’t matter | D．That’s nothing |
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He chose to teach in a western province, though he _______in the city for a better life.
| A．could stay | B．would stay | C．could have stayed | D．had stayed |
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.—Do you think it wise for Chinese parents to try to do everything for their children?
—No, that’s___________they are mistaken.
| A．where | B．when | C．what | D．how |
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“How could you lose so much money?” Charlie asked his wife, eyeing her angrily from___________the kitchen table.
| A．at | B．across | C．through | D．on |
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The role change from husband to father, although difficult, doesn’t seem so great as___________from wife to mother.
| A．one | B．that | C．this | D．those |