______ she said this, she regretted it.
| A．The time | B．The moment | C．The hour | D．The day |
The drilling in Antarctica dragged on slowly because of lack of money, equipment breakdowns, environmental ______ and severe cold.
| A．concerns | B．assumption | C．occupations | D．ignorance |
There is no doubt that the Diaoyu Islands are _______ part of China and what some Japanese have done recently is actually ________ offence against Chinese people.
| A．a; / | B．a; the | C．the; / | D．/; an |
—Do you think you will be able to finish your writing by five o’clock today?
— ______. I’ll be busy with experiments all day.
| A．Not a chance | B．Not a little |
| C．Not to mention it | D．Not a big deal |
I’d love to stay in the communityI grew up, but ambition can drive me to the city to be “the big companies are”.
| A．that; where | B．where; that | C．in which; which | D．where; where |
My wife ______the night shift when my plane ______. That’s why no one is to meet me at the airport today.
| A．will be working; arrives | B．was working; arrived |
| C．will have worked; has arrived | D．is working; is arriving |