Jim went to answer the phone. _____ , Harry started to prepare lunch.
| A．However | B．Nevertheless | C．Besides | D．Meanwhile |
I’m afraid moving all those boxes will _____ too much time.
| A．clean up | B．turn up | C．take up | D．break up |
When she ______ back tomorrow, I’ll tell her all about the news.
| A．will come | B．comes | C．had come | D．is coming |
It _____ about twenty years since CCTV ____ to broadcast English programs.
| A．has been; begun | B．is; began | C．is; has begun | D．was; began |
Sally worked late in the evening to finish her report ____ her boss could read it first thing next morning．
| A．so that | B．because | C．before | D．or else |
Each of the students in No.1 High School, Quanzhou works hard at his or her lessons, ____to go to university some day.
| A．to hope | B．hopes | C． hoped | D．hoping |