_____ you don’t lose heart, I’m sure you can pass the coming examination.
| A．Unless | B．As long as | C．If not | D．Although |
---Poor Tom! He will have to work all the next month.
---Luckily, ___ the basketball games are held.
| A．except | B．except that | C．except when | D．except for |
Where on earth have you been? We __ you back much earlier.
| A．were expecting | B．are expecting | C．had expected | D．expect |
Jack’s___ brother is __ than him.
| A．old; elder | B．elder; older | C．old; eld | D．elder; younger |
He works in a factory now, but he__ on a farm for 20 years.
| A．worked | B．has worked | C．had worked | D．had been working |
They dug _____,then put the box in it.
| A．a three feet deep hole | B．a hole of three feet |
| C．a three feet deep hole | D．a hole of three feet deep |