. --- The company spent thousands of dollars to promote its new product.
--- They _____: the world itself was more than ready to buy.
| A．shouldn’t have bothered | B．needn't have bothered |
| C．couldn’t have bothered | D．mustn’t have bothered |
______ all the texts that are written,stored, and sent electronically, a lot of them are still ending up op paper.
| A．For | B．From | C．Although | D．By |
It rained nonstop for ten days , completely_____our holiday.
| A．to ruin | B．ruined | C．having ruined | D．ruining |
．—Without your help, we _____ this task on time.
—My pleasure.
| A．don’t finish | B．will not finish | C．didn’t finish | D．would not have finished |
If he ___ that he ____ to work there, everything would be OK now.
| A．insisted, be sent | B．insisted, was sent | C．had insisted, be sent | D．had insisted, was sent |
.—You ____ have set aside more time to play with our kids.
—I wish I ______, but you know how busy I was.
| A．should, would | B．could, did | C．might, should | D．should, had |