Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. The plane __________.
| A．takes off | B．is taking off | C．has taken off | D．took off |
---Would you like to go to the concert with me, Mary?
--- I have got no interest in it; ____, I have lots of homework to do.
| A．otherwise | B．besides | C．however | D．therefore |
Papermaking began in China and from here it ____ to North Africa and Europe.
| A．spread | B．grew | C．carried | D．developed |
We needed a new cupboard for the kitchen. So Peter made____ from some wood we had.
| A．it | B．one | C．that | D．another |
The car ran down the hill, and the driver _____, according to the newspaper, to have been killed.
| A．said | B．was saying | C．was said | D．had been said |
-- Has John arrived yet?
-- No, she _______ an hour ago.
| A．was supposed to come | B．must have come |
| C．should come | D．ought to have come |