______ the chairman of the council, the vice chairman does duty for him.
| A．Absent from | B．In the absence of | C．Present from | D．In the presence of |
. The other day, my friend John drove his car down the street at I thought was a dangerous speed, and ____ surprised everyone in the car.
| A．which; that | B．which; it | C．as; which | D．what; that |
--- How did you pay the workers? --- As a rule, they were paid ______.
| A．by hour | B．by the hour | C．by hours | D．by an hour |
. Several years later he ___ writer.
| A．become | B．turned | C．become a | D．turned a |
__ U.S.A. lies on the other side of ___.
A. The; PacificB. /; PacificC. The; the Pacific D. /; the Pacific
Beyond ___ stars, the astronauts could see nothing but _____space.
| A．the; / | B．/; the | C．the; the | D．/ ; / |