--- “Where have you been?”
--- “I got caught in traffic; otherwise _____ sooner.”
| A．I would be here | B．I have been here |
| C．I had been here | D．I would have been here |
语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）come
| A．cold | B．cock | C．comfort | D．improve |
dead
| A．eager | B．great | C．least | D．health |
united
| A．use | B．ugly | C．upstairs | D．put |
ours
| A．outside | B． cousing | C．nervous | D．clocks |
thirty
| A．theatre | B．thus | C．although | D．feather |
_______ comfortably in a chair, he was completely lost in a magazine.
| A．To sit | B．Sat | C．Sitting | D．Having sat |
One third of the houses ______ destroyed when a terrible earthquake struck the city last night.
| A．was | B．were | C．has | D．have been |
The news she looked forward to ____.
| A．come at last | B．coming at last |
| C．come recently | D．came at last |
---I’ll talk to my son Bill about it as soon as possible． He usually listens．
---We need _______ listening． We need action．
| A．more than | B．less than | C．not more than | D．no more than |