It is obvious that water is to be _____to the development of life.
| A．gentle | B．fundamental | C．harmful | D．fierce |
He tried many times to squeeze out of the fence to see the open-air film _______ each time.
| A．only to catch | B．unluckily caught |
| C．always being caught | D．only to be caught |
I_______ your advice, otherwise I couldn’t have carried out the plan on time.
| A．take | B．have taken | C．took | D．had taken |
In the office I never seem to have time until after 5:30 p. m., _____ many people have got home.
A whose time B. by that time
C. on which D. by which time
There is a piece of news from Shandong Province saying: ______in the school-bus for the whole day, the child died for lack of air.
| A．Being kept | B．Kept |
| C．Having been kept | D．Have been kept |
I regret to say your performance didn’t reach the relevant requirements, ______you cannot be accepted by the company.
| A．in a word | B．in other words |
| C．after all | D．on the other hand |