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I _____ to telephone you last night, but the line was out of order and I couldn’t get through.
| A．succeeded | B．tried | C．managed | D．failed |
Finally he reached a lonely island__ was completely cut off from the outside world.
| A．when | B．where | C．whom | D．which |
My father ____ for Beijing on business tonight.
| A．is about to leave | B．has been leaving |
| C．is leaving | D．would leave |
This is the first time that he your hometown.
| A．visited | B．visits |
| C．had visited | D．has visited |
The hero said he didn’t think twice ____ diving into the freezing river to rescue that child.
| A．before | B．after | C．until | D．when |
—Have you some new ideas?
—Yeah. I’ll tell you later.
| A．come about | B．come up |
| C．come out with | D．come up with |