—He thinks that girls are smarter than boys when it comes to learning English．
—But two years ago he thought____．
| A．so | B．otherwise |
| C．opposite | D．different |
John was late for the business meeting because his flight had been
_______ by a heavy storm.
| A．kept | B．stopped | C．slowed | D．delayed |
. He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was ________ from the outside world.
| A．cut out | B．cut off | C．cut up | D．cut through |
It was playing computer games that _______ the boy plenty of time that he ________ doing
his lessons.
| A．spent; must have been | B．cost; ought to have spent |
| C．wasted; wouldn’t have been | D．took; can’t have spent |
______ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.
| A．Compare | B．When comparing | C．Comparing | D．When compared |
–Not getting that job was a big letdown.
--Don’t worry. Something better will _______.
| A．come along | B．take on | C．go by | D．fall behind |