Hurry up! The train ______． You know it______ at 8:30 am．
| A．leaves; leaves | B．is leaving; is leaving |
| C．leaves; is leaving | D．is leaving; leaves |
Thanks to the Party’s opening and reform policy, people in China are ______ than they were thirty years ago.
| A．well off | B．much better off |
| C．more better off | D．quite better off |
You can hardly imagine the difficulty Mrs. Jones had ____________up her children.
| A．brought | B．to bring |
| C．bringing | D．to have brought |
The flowers __ sweet in the botanic garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature.
| A．to smell | B．smelling |
| C．smelt | D．to be smelt |
It was reported that the plane I was to have taken crashed soon after it took off. _______ the traffic jam, I was five minutes late for the plane.
| A．As a result of | B．Thanks to |
| C．Because of | D．on account of |
I regret ______ you that my daughter has already regretted ______ out with you. So leave her alone and don’t bother her any more.
| A．telling; dating | B．to tell; to date |
| C．to tell; dating | D．telling; to date |