Mr Smith, _____ of the _____ speech, started to read a novel.
| A．tired; boring | B．tiring; bored | C．tired; bored | D．tiring; boring |
The flowers were so lovely that they __________ in no time.
| A．sold | B．had been sold | C．were sold | D．would sell |
“Goodbye, then,” she said, without even ___________ from her book.
| A．looking down | B．looking up | C．looking away | D．looking on |
---Can you read the sign, sir? No smoking allowed in the lift! ---__________________.
| A．Never mind | B．Don’t mention it |
| C．Sure, I don’t smoke | D．Pardon me |
I know a little bit about Italy as my wife and I ________ there several years ago.
| A．are going | B．had been | C．went | D．have been |
Between the two generations, it is often not their age, _________ their education that causes misunderstanding.
| A．like | B．as | C．or | D．but |