I never blame failures－there are too many complicated situations in life, but I am_____
merciless(无慈悲心的) toward lack of effort.
| A．approximately | B．absolutely | C．hardly | D．desperately |
— How many teachers are party members in your school?
— Party members_________ one fifth of the number of the teachers in our school.
| A．take up | B．set up | C．make up | D．fix up |
Jim was born on a farm, _____, he knows little about farming.
| A．thus | B．and | C．yet | D．otherwise |
______ is surprising to us is that Tom, for ______ English was once boring, can speak English fluently as though he were a native speaker.
| A．What; whose | B．What; whom | C．It; whose | D．As; whom |
In our work quality counts for ______ quantity.
| A．as well as | B．as soon as | C．as long as | D．asmuchas |
— What are you doing outside the class? Didn’t you hear the clock ______?
—Sorry, sir. I ______.
| A．strike; didn’t notice | B．striking; wasn’t noticing |
| C．is striking; didn’t notice | D．struck; wasn’t notice |