_____ the chapter four times, I finally understood the author's theory．
| A．Reading | B．Having read | C．To read | D．Read |
--I heard that as many as 4 000 people were killed in 9
--Yes. __________ news came as __________shock to us.
A.the ; the B. the ; a C, / ; / D. / ; a
The girl__________ on the ground __________to me that she had___________ the book on the shelf.
| A．lying ; lay ; laid | B．lay ; lied ; laid |
| C．lie ; lied ; lay | D．lying; lied ; laid |
We __________ so tired. We've only been to a party.
| A．mustn't have felt | B．wouldn't have felt |
| C．shouldn't have felt | D．couldn't have felt |
The reason_________ he didn't come was _________ he had to take care of his sick mother.
| A．why ; that | B．why ; which |
| C．which ; why | D．that ; for |
The rescue team made every __________ to find the missing mountain climber.
| A．force | B．energy | C．effort | D．possibility |