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 |
15．I didn’t see your sister at the meeting. If she _______, she would have met my brother.
| A．has come | B．did come | C．came | D．had come |
14．The teacher, with 6 girls and 8 boys in her class, _____ visiting a museum when the earthquake struck.
| A．were | B．Was | C．had been | D．would be |
13．Because they hadn’t booked a room in advance, there were _____ left when they arrived at the hotel.
| A．none | B．no one | C．Nobody | D．Nothing |
12．—Hello, Jack, where were you last night?
—_____. We were talking about the war on Iraq.
| A．At the Roberts’ | B．To the Roberts | C．To Roberts | D．At the Roberts |
第三节语法和词汇知识（共15小题，每小题1分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
11．—Excuse me, could you tell me the way to _____ Beijing Theater?
—Sorry, but I’m _____ stranger here myself.
A．the; the B．a; a C．the ; a D．a; the