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Never before______ so highly successful in his attempts to forecast the weather accurately on a small scale．
| A．man has been | B．man is | C．has man been | D．will be man |
Your smile is one of the strongest tools that make ______ possible for you to meet new people.
| A．it | B．them | C．this | D．/ |
He suggested that we ____ the plan later, which suggested that he ____ against it.
| A．discussed; was | B．would discuss; should |
| C．discuss; was | D．should discuss; should be |
___ for the fact that you were lazy, you could have finished the assignment by now.
| A．It were not | B．Weren’t it | C．Had it not been | D．Had not been |
I ______ Mr White at that time, otherwise I wouldn’t have asked you for some information about him.
| A．hadn’t known | B．didn’t know | C．don’t know | D．haven’t known |
When I got back home I saw a message pinned to the door, ____ “Sorry to miss you; will call later.”
| A．read | B．reads | C．to read | D．reading |