--Excuse me, you are supposed to hand in your design now.
--I’m sorry, my computer broke down, or I ________ it last night.
| A．finished | B．would finish |
| C．had finished | D．would have finished |
They say “____”, but there is every chance that Usian Bolt will strike again later this week, when he will try to break the 200 meters world record he set in Beijing.
| A．A little knowledge is a dangerous thing |
| B．Lightning never strikes twice in the same place |
| C．Where there is a will, there is a way |
| D．Failure is the mother of success |
His heart racing, and tears ____ his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box.
| A．filled | B．filling | C．to fill | D．being filled |
I can spare you only a few minutes. Just tell me ____what happened.
| A．personally | B．spiritually | C．thoroughly | D．briefly |
I realized the purpose of the whole experience: I needed to learn to open my heart and give love without requiring anything _____.
| A．by design | B．for once | C．in return | D．as a consequence |
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 |