--- Has your brother returned from America yet?
--- Yes, but he ______ here for only three days before his company sent him to Africa.
| A．has been | B．was | C．will be | D．would be |
By the time the police came to rescue the old woman, she _______for four days under the house.
| A．buried | B．had buried | C．had been buried | D．has been buried |
Recently I bought an ancient vase, ______ , I think, was quite reasonable.
| A．which price | B．the price of whose |
| C．its price | D．the price of which |
A terrible earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan, _______ almost 28,000 people to be dead or missing.
| A．caused | B．to cause | C．causing | D．having caused |
In some places in Yunnan, women are expected to run society and earn money ______ men work at home and raise their children.
| A．but | B．while | C．because | D．though |
Ireland lies ______ the northwest of Europe and _____the west coast of Great Britain.
| A．in; off | B．to, on | C．in, across | D．to, off |