Uncle George didn’t ______ until he was nearly fifty.
| A．settle down | B．put down | C．sit down | D．turn down |
Miss Li___ as a secretary for five years in the company, and now she is general manager of it．
| A．served | B．has served | C．had served | D．serves |
It is reported that between the year 1550 and 1950 about one kind of living things___each year .
| A．died out | B．died of | C．died from | D．died down |
I have no dreams ____ to have a happy life.
| A．rather than | B．more than | C．other than | D．less than |
I’ll finish the job ____ I come across great difficulty.
| A．so that | B．even though | C．no matter | D．as though |
——So you missed the meeting.
——____. I got there five minutes before it finished.
| A．Not at all | B．Not exactly | C．Not especially | D．Not really |