We can’t possibly go. _________ with it’s too far and we can’t afford it either.
| A．To begin | B．Beginning | C．Begin | D．Having begun |
–---I’ve decided to spend the summer holidays traveling in Australia.
----Oh, ________!
| A．if only I could go with you | B．what a good news it is |
| C．how happily I was to hear that | D．what exciting to hear the news |
----________ was it ________ they discovered the entrance to the underground palace?
----Totally by chance.
| A．How; that | B．What; that | C．What; when | D．Where; that |
The thief tried to break away from the policeman who _________ him but failed.
| A．held | B．had held | C．would hold | D．was holding |
---–Why did you come so late for work?
-----I was ________ for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam.
| A．held up | B．put up | C．taken up | D．given up |
. Boris has brains. In fact, I doubt whether anyone in the class has _________ IQ.
| A．a high | B．a higher | C．the higher | D．the highest |