I clean my room once a week, and the job _____ me two hours．
| A．costs | B．takes | C．pays | D．spends |
The year 1949 ________ the birth of a new country—the People’s Republic of China.
| A．found | B．watched |
| C．noticed | D．saw |
He told us whether __________ a picnic was still under discussion.
| A．to have | B．having |
| C．have | D．had |
Rather than _________ at home, he always prefers ________ out to play.
| A．stay; go | B．staying; go |
| C．stay; to go | D．to stay; going |
I’m going to visit the factory ________ your brother worked a few years ago.
| A．that | B．in where |
| C．in which | D．what |
The number of people who _______ invited to the meeting _____ fifty, but a number of them _____ absent for different reasons.
| A．were; was, was | B．was; was, were |
| C．were, was; were | D．were; were, was |