---Poor Tom! He will have to work all the next month.
---Luckily, the basketball games are held.
| A．except | B．except that | C．except when | D．except for |
Sitting at the back of the room but in front of some old men and women ______ a very shy girl with two bright eyes.
| A．was | B．were | C．are | D．being |
They wouldn’t agree to sell the house to us at the same price ______ they had asked, ______ was rather disappointing.
| A．which ; as | B．as ; that | C．as ; which | D．that ; that |
The meal over, the manager went back to the meeting room to ______ their discussion.
| A．put away | B．take down | C．look over | D．carry on |
Greatly moved by her words, __________.
| A．tears came to his eyes | B．he could hardly hold back his tears |
| C．tears could hardly be held back | D．his eyes were filled with tears |
The population of many Alaskan cities has ______ doubled in the past three years.
| A．as great as | B．as many as | C． more than | D．larger than |