You mustn’t lose heart; sooner or later your efforts will ________．
| A．pay off | B．take off | C．give off | D．set off |
____his great love for the works of J. K. Rowling, he has a broad range of interest in other English writers as well.
| A．In addition | B．As a consequence of | C．Except for | D．Apart from |
---I'm afraid you have the wrong number.
---Sorry! _______.
| A．It's only a coincidence | B．I have put my foot in my mouth |
| C．I was stuck. | D．I hope I didn't bother you |
Five minutes earlier, and we______the last bus.
| A．had caught | B．should have caught | C．could have caught | D．caught |
.You’ll never guess who I met today—my old teacher! We_____for twenty years.
| A．don’t meet | B．haven’t met | C．hadn’t met | D．couldn’t meet |
New Zealand, in the south Pacific , ______ two large islands plus other smaller islands .
| A．is consisted of | B．consists of | C．consists with | D．consists in |