— Have you heard of that?Tom recently bought a new car and an expensive flat.
— ________? He even couldn’t have enough money to pay for the rent.
| A．How about | B．Why not | C．How come | D．So what |
. Is this the reason ______ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?
| A．why he explained | B．he explained | C．what he explained | D．how he explained |
_______ the house prices have risen sharply, the number of buyers is as great as ever.
| A．Despite the fact that | B．In spit of what |
| C．Regardless of | D．Contrary to |
The traffic problems we were looking forward to seeing ______ should have attracted the government’s attention.
| A．solving | B．solve | C．to solve | D．solved |
If it were not for the fact that she _______ play tennis, I would invite her to join us.
| A．couldn’t | B．shouldn’t | C．might not | D．can’t |
She had no idea how it _____ that her husband met with trouble again.
| A．came up | B．came about | C．came out | D．came across |