____ that silver is not widely used as a conductor?
| A．Why is | B．Is it why | C．Why is it | D．Why is that |
He hurried to the hall, only __________ that themeeting had been put off.
| A．to tell |
| B．telling |
| C．to be told |
| D．being told |
—Do you think we performed very well at last night's party?
—__________.
| A．You performed naturally |
| B．You were not nervous at all |
| C．I have never seen a better performance |
| D．It doesn't matter whether it was good or not |
__________ with his living conditions, mine seem quite unsatisfying.
| A．When compared |
| B．When comparing |
| C．Compare |
| D．Comparing |
After a day's hard labor on the farm, my parents came home late, __________.
| A．being exhausted |
| B．exhausted |
| C．having exhausted |
| D．exhausting |
The popular cartoon Mulan is a (an) __________ of a Chinese poem for children.
| A．imagination |
| B．plot |
| C．story |
| D．adaptation |