No sooner _____ themselves in their seats in the theatre _______ the curtain went up.
| A．they have settled; before | B．had they settled; than |
| C．have they settled; when | D．they had settled;than |
. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him under great _____.
| A．emotion | B．excitement | C．crisis | D．stress |
Her display of bad temper completely _____ the party.
| A．harmed | B．damaged | C．spoilt | D．hurt |
I used to be able to play well but I'm _____ now.
| A．out of date | B．out of touch | C．out of practice | D．out of place |
She said she was glad the difficulty had been _____.
| A．cleared away | B．cleared up | C．broken away | D．broken down |
It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in _____.
| A．news | B．print | C．publication | D．press |