Mr. Jones is on time for everything. How ______ it be that he was late for the opening ceremony?
| A．may | B．should | C．can | D．must |
---Do you have any news about Bob?
---Yeah. We ______ each other quite a lot recently.
| A．have been seeing | B．had been seeing | C．see | D．have seen |
As a manager, I know my emotions will affect people around me, so I’m going to make a _______ effort to be more cheerful.
| A．precious | B．curious | C．mysterious | D．conscious |
Jane is determined to go to France for further education _______ all the possible consequences.
| A．instead of | B．regardless of |
| C．in addition to | D．in response to |
---Would you please repeat the grammar rules again?
---Of course, but I am sure that you _______ to me carefully, as I have told you twice already.
| A．don’t listen | B．wouldn’t listen |
| C．weren’t listening | D．aren’t listening |
Adrian’s hard work _________. He graduated with good grades and got into a top high school.
| A．paid off | B．paid back | C．paid for | D．paid out |