The number of people invited ______fifty, but a number of them ______absent for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D were; were
Many of them turned a deaf ear to his advice ______ they knew it to be valuable.
| A．as if | B．now that | C．even if | D．so that |
The discovery of new evidence led to ________.
| A．the thief having caught | B．catch the thief |
| C．the thief being caught | D．the thief to be caught |
______ late, he also forgot his books.
| A．Not only he turned up | B．Not only he turned out |
| C．Not only did he turn out | D．Not only did he turn up |
When I called at his home the other day, I found him sitting on an armchair,_____ in his hands.
| A．his head bury | B．burying his head |
| C．his head burying | D．his head to be buried |
These teams, which _____twenty experienced workers, are working hard here to ___the time they have lost before.
| A．are made up of; make up of | B．are made up of; make up for |
| C．make up; make up for | D．make up for; make up |