The flowers were so lovely that they __________ in no time.
| A．sold | B．had been sold | C．were sold | D．would sell |
The size of the audience, ____ we had expected, was well over one thousand.
| A．whom | B．who | C．as | D．which |
Very few experts have ____ with complete new answers to the world s economic problems.
| A．come down | B．come around | C．come up | D．come to |
A table made of steel costs more than ____ made of wood.
| A．that | B．which | C．one | D．it |
I couldn't afford to rent a house like this,______buy it.
| A．no longer | B．no more than | C．let alone | D．instead |
It was very cold ____ they still went swimming.
| A．although | B．but | C．however | D．though |