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 |
Mr. Chapman retired at 70 after henearly 40 years with the Gas Company．
| A．had spent | B．has spent | C．spends | D．would spend |
He has no idea what the book is about．Hehave read it very carefully．
| A．needn’t | B．shouldn’t | C．can’t | D．mustn’t |
．Although itin the desert most of the year, people still live there．
| A．doesn’t rain | B．didn’t rain | C．hasn’t rained | D．hadn’t rained |
She seems to prefer American TV Shows to talking to me．
| A．to watch | B．to be watching | C．watching | D．having watched |
You look frozen．Sit down by the fire and Iyou some hot tea．
| A．make | B．was making | C．made | D．will make |