Liu came _____ first by two seconds, breaking _______ record set by Li last year.
| A．the ; / | B．/; the | C．the; a | D．/; / |
The doctor is skilled at treating heart trouble and never accepts any gift from his patients, so he has a very good ______.
| A．expectation | B．reputation |
| C．contribution | D．civilization |
—Why? Where is the key to the sound lab?
—Dear me! You _____ it in the taxi！
| A．have never left | B．haven’t left |
| C．never left | D．didn’t leave |
Idioms often use a number of words to represent a single object, person or concept, ______, and it is easy to misunderstand what you read or hear spoken.
| A．among other things | B．on the contrary |
| C．by all means | D．above anything else |
The new method is indeed advanced and effective, quite different from _____ already in use.
| A．it | B．what | C．that | D．which |
She would move quietly up to the sparrow on a small tree just to get a better look, her face __________ with childlike expressions at one of God’s simple wonders.
| A．shone | B．shining |
| C．having shone | D．being shone |