（届江西省九所重点中学高三下学期3月联合考试 ）
— Why do you do volunteer work in the North-West?
— I___ to improve the lives of the children there through my efforts．
| A．was trying | B．have tried |
| C．am trying | D．tried |
His sister left home in 1998, and _______since.
| A．had not been heard of | B．has not been heard of |
| C．had not heard of | D．has not heard of |
When I talked with my grandma on the phone, she sounded weak, but by the time we ___ up, her voice had been full of life.
| A．were hanging |
| B．had hung |
| C．hung |
| D．would hang |
The way the guests ___ in the hotel influenced their evaluation of the service.
| A．treated |
| B．were treated |
| C．would treat |
| D．would be treated |
Scientists have many theories about how the universe ___ into being.
| A．came | B．was coming |
| C．had come | D．would come |
She'll never forget her stay thereshe found her son who had gone missing two years before.
| A． | that | B． | which | C． | where | D． | when |