The number of the people invited to the meeting ____ about 100, but a number of them ____ late because of the heavy snow.
| A．were; was | B．were; were | C．was; were | D．was; was |
—I’m sorry to_ _______you，but can you tell me the way to the nearestsupermarket?
—I will do some shopping，too .Shall we walk there together?
| A．bother | B．carry | C．affect | D．award |
Not until his mother came in ________to prepare his lessons.
| A．did the boy begin | B．the boy began |
| C．began the boy | D．the boy did begin |
“We can’t go out in this weather，”said Bob，________out of the window.
| A．looking | B．to look | C．looked | D．having looked |
I promised to write to her ________I got to New York.
| A．at the moment | B．the moment | C．soon | D．long before |
The number of people invited___fifty, but a number of them ____absent for different reasons.
| A．were；was | B．was；was | C．was；were | D．were；were |