______ many times, my elderly mother still can’t remember how to light the gas.
| A．Had told | B．Having told | C．Having been told | D．Being told |
____ her joy, her son was __________ Being University.
| A．To ; admitted in | B．To ; admitted to |
| C．With ; admitted to | D．With; admitted in |
–You seem to show interest in cooking.
--What? _____, I’m getting tired of it.
A. On the contraryB. What’s more
C. On the other handD Not at all
Because Turandot is drunk ____ power, she ______ try and _____ her father, who has promised to allow her to choose her own husband.
| A．with ; dare to ; exercise control over |
| B．with; dares to ; exercises control over |
| C．by ; dare ; exercises control over |
| D．in ; dares to ; exercise control over |
While he has got high marks in the college entrance examination, he thinks that it is ______________ satisfactory.
| A．out of | B．due to | C．far from | D．free from |
_______he was laid off last year ______ how serious the economic crisis was.
| A．Not until…he realized | B． It was not until… when he realized |
| C．It is not until …that did he realize | D．It was not until …that he realized |