—Mike, the office is in a mess; it's your turn to clean it up.
—________ I did it yesterday and the day before yesterday.
| A．Don't count on me! | B．Back in a moment! |
| C．Don't fall for it! | D．Get off my back! |
Don't spend time beating on a wall, ________ to change it into a door.
| A．hope | B．hoping |
| C．hoped | D．to hope |
The waiting lists for a bed in a public elderly care home in Beijing have grown ________ long that some are saying it could take 100 years to get a position.
| A．very | B．too |
| C．quite | D．so |
We could not reason out the way the robbers escaped，because we were unable to find any ________ of them.
| A．chance | B．trace |
| C．point | D．signal |
—We are going to be late, Mary. Do you have the time?
—________.
| A．Yes，I do. | B．Don't worry. |
| C．Five to eight. | D．No, I'm busy. |
Everybody knows about it now! But no one knows ________ once prevented the rumor from spreading.
| A．what was it that | B．what it was that |
| C．how it was that | D．why it was that |