--- Did you see a man in black pass by just now?
--- No, sir. I a newspaper.
| A．read | B．was reading | C．would read | D．am reading |
_______ he was the last man I wanted to see, I did all that I could to help him.
| A．As | B．Now that | C．While | D．As though |
I don’t think she noticed the headmaster just at that moment, for she _______ the game on her cellphone.
| A．played | B．was playing | C．is playing | D．has been playing |
Thousands of people lined up to lay flowers in front of a 28-story high-rise in Shanghai, _______a terrible fire killed at least 58 people.
| A．when | B．where | C．which | D．what |
I don’t know the reason _______ you were absent from the meeting, and I am not sure that someone will tell me the reason _______ you haven’t told me.
| A．why; that | B．that; why | C．because; why | D．of which; that |
She said she was sorry ________ the train, so she had to stay for another day.
| A．missing | B．having missed | C．to miss | D．to have missed |