. ---I heard that more than 500 people were killed in ten days during that Cholera outbreak.
---Yes, ______ news came as ______ shock to us.
| A．the; / | B．the; a | C．/; a | D．/; / |
It took her a while to adjust to __________alone after the divorce(离婚).
| A．live | B．living | C．have lived | D．being lived |
There is so much noise in the yard that I can’t ________ my attention on my work.
| A．attract | B．pay | C．absorb | D．concentrate |
—______ he said at the meeting made everyone present angry.
— Yes.We all ______ him of his rudeness.
| A．That；accused | B．What；accused |
| C．That；charged | D．/；charged |
_______it not been for the free ticket, I would not have gone to the cinema.
| A．Were | B．Should | C．If | D．Had |
The number of people invited __________fifty, but a number of them__________ absent for different reasons.
| A．were; was | B．was; was | C．was; were | D．were; were |