The boys usually play football on Friday afternoon,____ it rains.
| A．except | B．except for | C．except when | D．except that |
The children went home from the grammar school, their lessons ______ for the day.
| A．finishing | B．finished | C．had finished | D．had been finished |
With your help, there is no doubt ______ our plan is meant for will work out successfully.
| A．that what | B．whether that | C．what that | D．that whether |
Managers in excellent companies have a strong _____ for doing things rather than talking about situations.
| A．opinion | B．feeling | C．idea | D．preference |
An explosion blew the roof off an unstable reactor north of Tokyo, ____ fears of a disaster at a nuclear plant ____ in the massive earthquake that hit Japan.
| A．to raise; to be damaged | B．raising; damaging |
| C．raising; damaged | D．raised; being damaged |
All of us have the desire to visit the three main temples in Athens, especially _______ contains a gold and ivory statue of Athena.
| A．the one that | B．one that | C．the one | D．one |