----I’m sure Andrew will win the first prize in the final.
----I think so. He ______for it for months. 
A. is preparing                              B. was preparing     
C. had been preparing                       D. has been preparing
— We need an immediate reply.
  — I see. I will send the paper to you ________.
| A.after a while | B.sooner or later | C.right away | D.for a while | 
The past 30 years__________ the great changes that have taken place in my hometown.
| A.saw | B.was seen | C.have seen | D.see | 
There are more than three________ students in our school. Look, _________ students are having a gathering on the square.
| A.thousands of; hundreds of | B.thousand; hundreds of | 
| C.thousand of; hundreds of | D.thousand of; hundred of | 
It is said the couple fell in love_____ they met.
| A.the first time | B.the first time when | 
| C.for the first time that | D.when that | 
Children to whom parents always ___________ soon become selfish.
| A.give in | B.give off | C.give up | D.give out |