It was ________ experience that caused the company Robert ________ two years ago to get into trouble .
| A．lack of ; set up | B．lacking of ; set up |
| C．lacking ; pick up | D．being lacked ; started |
17．I _______there little more than a week when I set to work with the scientist.
| A．would be | B．had been | C．have been | D．will be |
16．—Tom, you’ve got an A in the final English exam. Congratulations!
—Thanks. But I never thought the result came out so fast. The papers _____ when I left the teacher’s office just now.
| A．had been marked | B．were still being marked |
| C．are still marking | D．had been marking |
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 |