There’s no way of getting __________it----you’re going to have to tell the truth．
| A．around | B．away | C．down | D．off |
When the middle-aged man was visiting his girlfriend, she demanded that he _______ his beard.
| A．shaved | B．had shaved | C．would shave | D．shave |
— What on earth did the manager want to know? — ____ that we could finish the project.
| A．What it was | B．What was it | C．When was it | D．When it was |
The famous reporter, who is said to have gone back to America last year, _____in China for almost twenty years.
| A．lived | B．was living | C．has lived | D．had lived |
The time and effort he has devoted during the past few years____ trees in that remote area is now considered to be of great value．
| A．to plan | B．to planting | C．plant | D．planting |
After five hours’ drive, they reached ____ they thought was the place they had been dreaming of.
| A．what | B．that | C．which | D．where |