_______ reason you may give , you ought not to have left homework unfinished.
| A．What | B．No matter | C．However | D．Whatever |
— Hi, Jack, would you like to join us in the sightseeing this weekend?
—Thank you, but I regret ______ you that I can’t, for I’m going to visit my grandparents.
| A．to tell | B．having told |
| C．telling | D．to be telling |
A healthy life is frequently thought to be ______ with the open countryside and home-grown food.
| A．cautious | B．associated | C．blessed | D．related |
It can’t be a (n) ______ that four jewelry stores were robbed in one night.
| A．coincidence | B．chance | C．incident | D．circumstance |
— I failed the exam.
— ______! You still have another chance.
| A．Don’t mention it |
| B．Cheer up |
| C．What a pity |
| D．That’s all right |
The novel is so badly written that I can hardly ________what the writer is trying to say.
| A．turn out | B．make out | C．let out | D．try out |