For 800 years Oxford and Cambridge universities ________ in everything from Nobel prizes to boat races.
| A．competed | B．had been competing |
| C．have competed | D．compete |
In that month, he earned as much as, if ____ than, $40 000.
| A．no more | B．not more | C．no much | D．not much |
The research is so designed that once _____ nothing can be done to change it.
| A．begins | B．having begun | C．beginning | D．begun |
If _____ carefully, the experiment will be successful.
| A．do | B．does | C．done | D．doing |
He is a man of few words, and seldom speaks until _____ to.
| A．spoken | B．speaking | C．speak | D．be spoken |
They kept trying _____ they must have known it was hopeless.
| A．if | B．because | C．when | D．where |