______ with routine office tasks, she had no time to look after her children.
| A．Occupying | B．Occupied | C．Being occupied | D．To be occupied |
_____ and caught the mouse.
| A．Up the cat jumped | B．The cat up jumped |
| C．Up jumped the cat | D．Jumped up the cat |
I’ve triedveryhard to improve my English. But by no means ___ with my progress.
| A．the teacher is not satisfied |
| B．is the teacher not satisfied |
| C．the teacher is satisfied |
| D．is the teacher satisfied |
—My Dear! I've just missed the lecture.
—That's too bad．I'm sure you it if you had got up earlier.
| A．could have caught | B．had caught |
| C．would catch | D．could catch |
The naughty boy demanded that he to go on studying the next week.
| A．could permit | B．could be permitted |
| C．must permit | D．be permitted |
_____ he realized it was too late to return home.
| A．No sooner it grew dark than |
| B．Hardly did it grow dark when |
| C．It was not until dark that |
| D．It was until dark that |