Jim went to answer the phone. _______, Harry started to prepare lunch.
| A．However | B．Meanwhile | C．Besides | D．Nevertheless |
It is not immediately clear__________ the financial crisis will soon be over.
| A．since | B．what | C．when | D．whether |
I’d like my bedroom __________ according to the fashionable style of Europe and America.
| A．designed | B．to be designed | C．to design | D．to have designed |
When asked why he went there, he said he was sent there ________ for a space flight.
| A．being trained | B．training | C．to have trained | D．to be trained |
My mom’s __________ determined me to go on with my study.
| A．encourages | B．encouragement | C．encouraged | D．encourage |
These robbers are sure __________.
| A．to punish | B．to be punishing | C．being punished | D．to be punished |