This year __________ to be another good one for harvests.
| A.tells | B.means | C.promises | D.intends | 
— May I ask for a day off tomorrow?
  —______. You know, the May Day holiday is just around the corner and every salesgirl is as busy as a bee.
| A.It’s out of the question | B.No problem | 
| C.None of my business | D.I don’t care | 
The girl ______ in America for years. After graduation, she returned home, quite at a loss during her hunt for a job.
| A.was studied | B.has been studied | C.studied | D.was studying | 
______ is a best-known secret in success that get ready in much of our life and you may make the most of the opportunity.
| A.What | B.As | C.It | D.That | 
As many successful businessmen believe, courage is as ______ to pioneering work as the intelligence, even more so.
| A.accessible | B.essential | C.alternative | D.commercial | 
— Oh, really? Can Doris read through it in such a short time?
 — She covered the English novel ______ it took me, still less a simple story.
| A.a half time | B.the half time | C.half a time | D.half the time |