We were all surprised when he made it clear that he _____ office soon.
| A．leaves | B．would leave | C．left | D．had left |
The competition is fierce .No women or children are allowed to ________.
| A．join | B．take part in | C．compete for | D．join in |
There are no running races or horse riding events in the Winter Olympics ._______there are competitions like skiing and ice skating .
| A．Besides | B．Except | C．Instead | D．However |
She could not speak ,nor ______anything we said .
| A．she could understand | B．could she understand |
| C．could understand she | D．understand she could |
Why many adolescents have trouble communicating with their parents lies in _______we call “generation gap .”
| A．what | B．that | C．which | D．how |
I _______less than a pound a week when I first started work .
| A．used to earn | B．was used to earn | C．used to earning | D．was used to earning |