On the international market, the price of petroleum has been falling down, which is now _____ it used to be.
| A．as one third as | B．one third as much as |
| C．one third more than | D．as one third much as |
Letters to the editor must carry the writer’s full name, which indicates that writers are _____for what they say．
| A．considerate | B．reasonable | C．independent | D．responsible |
It was ______ the president's speech that the secretary spent the whole morning at home.
| A．to prepare | B．preparing | C．prepared | D．be prepared |
The lecture given by Mr Johnson appealed and ______ with passion.
| A．was always listened | B．always was listened |
| C．was always listened to | D．always listened to |
―You couldn't have chosen any gift better for me.
― ____.
| A．I'm sorry I can't let you be satisfied. |
| B．That's all right. I’ll give you a better one next time. |
| C．I'm glad you like it so much. |
| D．You have a gift for music, don't you? |
“No student,”the headteacher stressed, “_______ go out of the school after ten o’clock at night without my permission. ”
| A．shall | B．will | C．must | D．may |