_____ in a heavy rain, the teacher fell ill and couldn’t but ______ for a leave.
| A．Caught; to ask | B．Catching; ask |
| C．Catching; to ask | D．Caught; ask |
Students shouldn’t be given so difficult a problem_________they cannot work out.
| A．that | B．which | C．while | D．As |
Everyone likes_________of the two stories, for this story is _________than that one.
| A．both; not more interesting | B．neither; no more interesting |
| C．neither; not more interesting | D．either; no more interesting |
——Miss Lingam is arm in arm with Mr. Peabody!
——______sight
| A．how astonishing a | B．so an astonishing |
| C．what astonishing a | D．such an astonishing |
Mr. Oven has three children, one of whom is a child of six, ___ twins of twelve.
| A．another | B．other | C．the others | D．others |
_________the fact that his first experiments had failed, Prof. Smith persisted in his research.
| A．Although | B．Regardless | C．In spite of | D．In views of |