The old lady’s hand shook frequently. She explained to her doctor _______this shaking had began half a year before, and ______, only because of this, she had to give up her job.
| A．when; how | B．how; when | C．how; how | D．why; why |
– Did you notice John was not at work today?
--- No. If _____working, I would have noticed it.
| A．I’d be | B．I wasn’t | C．I’d been | D．I weren’t |
Hillen used to be very shy but she has grown _______it now.
| A．without | B．over | C．away | D．out of |
.– Was the driving pleasant when you vacationed in Mexico last summer?
--- No, it _____for four days when we arrived, so that the roads were very muddy.
| A．was raining | B．had been raining |
| C．would be raining | D．have rained |
There were two small rooms in the house, ____served as kitchen.
| A．the smaller of which | B．the small of which |
| C．the smaller of them | D．the smaller one |
_______ that everyone stared at him.
| A．Too rude is he | B．So rude was he | C．Such rude he was | D．So rude he was |