---Why did the police_____ the crowd?
---Because the president’s car ____ in the street.
| A．break down; went wrong | B．break up; out of order |
| C．break down; broke up | D．break up; broke down |
I promised to write to her ________I got to New York.
| A．at the moment | B．the moment | C．soon | D．long before |
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 |
The parcel_ __a lot of things ,_____a secondhand dictionary.
| A．contained；included | B．included；contained |
| C．contained；including | D．included；containing |
—Where have you been?
—I was stuck in the heavy traffic. Otherwise I ____here earlier.
| A．was coming | B．was | C．would have come | D．would come |
This hotel________$ 140 for a single room with bath.
| A．charges | B．claims | C．prices | D．accepts |