He failed in the English speech contest, ________ he did his best to prepare for it.
| A．though | B．but | C．because | D．so |
What makes you __________ it's going to rain tomorrow?
| A．to think | B．think | C．thought | D．thinking |
I was late for class yesterday __________ there was something wrong with my bike．
| A．when | B．that | C．because | D．until |
Tom isn’t _________ Jack．
| A．tall as | B．so tall as | C．the taller than | D．the tallest than |
There _____ an American film “Titanic” in the cinema next Sunday.
| A．puts on | B．will have | C．is going to be | D．is going to have |
– Why did they help Mrs Brown with her work?
– Because she was _____.
| A．an old friend of them | B．the friend of them |
| C．a the their friend | D．a good friend of theirs |