He focused his effort ____the house ___sale for fear that the prices of them would go up suddenly.
| A．on; for | B．on; in | C．to; for | D．to; in |
—Are you satisfied with what he did?
—No. It couldn’t have been _____.
| A．worse | B．better | C．so bad | D．the worst |
This year __________ to be another good one for harvests.
| A．tells | B．means | C．promises | D．intends |
Perhaps it is true that nobody in the world knows exactly how the earth __________.
| A．came up | B．came out |
| C．came to power | D．came into being |
—Why don’t we choose that road to save time? —The bridge to it __________.
| A．has repaired | B．is repaired |
| C．is being repaired | D．will be repaired |
Don’t be so upset. It won’t be ___________ your children can return to school again.
| A．long before | B．long ago | C．before long | D．long |