–Why did you arrive so late?
-- , we were left waiting for the bus in the rain for two hours!
| A．Believe or not | B．To begin with |
| C．Forget it | D．In the end |
It was the training _____ he had as a young man _____ made him such a good engineer.
| A．what; that | B．that; what | C．that; which | D．which; that |
_____ you come across new words, don’t refer to your dictionary at once but guess their meanings according to the context.
| A．The first time | B．Next time | C．For the first time | D．Since |
He found _____ not easy to learn a foreign language well.
| A．one | B．that | C．it | D．them |
It was reported _____ a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China’s Qinghai Province early on Wednesday.
| A．that | B．what | C．which | D．when |
When _____ the prices of these goods, we must take everything into consideration.
| A．compared | B．comparing | C．to compare | D．compare |