She had _______ got out of the house _______ it began to rain.
| A．no sooner… then | B．no sooner… than |
| C．hardly…than | D．hardly… then |
According to today’s newspaper, the escaped prisoner threatened to _____ the police station in the near future.
| A．use up | B．show up | C．blow up | D．call up |
Mary heard ____strange sound at ____midnight outside her house and got scared.
| A．a; / | B．the; / | C．/; the | D．/; a |
He opened the door. There ________ he had never seen before.
| A．a girl did stand | B．a girl stood |
| C．stood a girl | D．did a girl stand |
The hospital staff burst into cheers after the doctors completed a 20hour operation to have _______oneyearold twins at the head.
| A．separated | B．divided |
| C．removed | D．combined |
—What does this modernday dinosaur look like?
—The tongue of this animal can be extended ________ of its body.
| A．more than twice the length | B．twice more than the length |
| C．more than the length twice | D．more twice than the length |