________________________, and the problem would be straightened out（解决）.
| A．A bit more effort | B．Having a little effort |
| C．If you have a bit more effort | D．There being a little effort |
I can't _____ what you said because you spoke too quickly.
| A．write | B．set out | C．set down | D．set in |
_______, China may have the largest number of English learners in the world.
| A．Sooner or later | B．Now and then |
| C．Believe it or not | D．Here and there |
Miss Gao asked her mother if she _______ to the hospital the day before when she was out.
| A．had gone | B．would go | C．went | D．was going |
The two men had hardly had time to ________what had happened when they were thrown violently into the sea.
| A．recognize | B．realize | C．understand | D．grasp |
Iraq has _______ too many wars since the 1990s, making his people _______a lot.
| A．got through; suffer from | B．looked through; suffering |
| C．gone through; suffer | D．passed through; suffered |