The news of his mother’s death was____ terrible shock to him.
| A．/ | B．a | C．an | D．the |
—George, the poor guy, has just bought a big house! Are you joking?
—No. ______.
| A．Behind bad luck comes good luck |
| B．Riches do not always bring happiness |
| C．He knows most who speaks least |
| D．Never judge a book by its cover |
The country life we ______. The differences between rural and urban areas are disappearing.
| A．were used to have changed | B．used to change |
| C．used to changing | D．were used to has changed |
The boy likes to play tricks ____ girls, and his parents should cure him ______ that bad habit.
| A．at; of | B．on; for | C．on; of | D．with; for |
Many of them turned a deaf ear to his advice ______ they knew it to be valuable.
| A．as if | B．now that | C．even if | D．so that |
The discovery of new evidence led to ________.
| A．the thief having caught | B．catch the thief |
| C．the thief being caught | D．the thief to be caught |