Everyone knows Americans as “Yanks” which _____ Yankees used during the Civil War for the northern states of the US.
A.is short of | B.is short for | C.comes short of | D.goes short of |
India has the second _______ population in the world.
A.larger | B.most | C.smallest | D.largest |
Mary received ________ many postcards at Christmas.
A.so | B.such | C.too | D.even |
The cake smells ______. Please throw it away.
A.good | B.badly | C.bad | D.well |
--- What was the weather like yesterday?
--- It was terrible. It rained so ________ that people could _______ go out.
A.hardly…hard | B.hardly… hardly | C.hard… hardly | D.hard… hard |
The meeting will be held in half an hour, but they haven't got everything ready_____.
A.ever | B.already | C.yet | D.still |