. We have finally finished it! When ______ the job if we had started it a week earlier?
| A．may we finish | B．could we finish |
| C．could we have finished | D．may we have finished |
35. —It took me ten years to build up my business, and it almost killed me.
—Well, you know what they say, “___________.”
| A．There is no smoke without fire; | B．Practice makes perfect; |
| C．All roads lead to Rome; | D．No pains, no gains |
34. I smell something______ in the kitchen. Can I call you back in a minute?
| A．burning | B．burnt | C．being burnt | D．to be burnt |
33. The weather turned out to be fine yesterday. I______ the trouble to carry my umbrella with me.
| A．should have taken | B．could have taken | C．needn’t have taken | D．mustn’t have taken |
32. The poor boy said he often went ______ and sometimes almost starved______ in the old days.
| A．hungry; deadly | B．hunger; death | C．hungry; to death | D．hunger; dead |
31. I like getting up very early in summer. The morning air is so good ______.
| A．to be breathed | B．to breath | C．breathing | D．being breathed |