Jane is in a hurry because the train to the airport leaves _______ half an hour.
| A．by | B．in |
| C．for | D．until |
—Nancy is not coming tonight.
—But she _____!
| A．promises | B．promised | C．will promise | D．had promised |
His father, a famous university professor, who is said to have started his teaching career in Australia, _____ in Nanjing University for more than twenty years.
| A．has worked | B．worked | C．is working | D．will work |
Who can bear _____ so many times?
| A．laugh | B．laugh at |
| C．being laughed | D．being laughed at |
Alice _____ in a book that the city she lives in was _____ one hundred years ago.
| A．found, found | B．founded, founded |
| C．founded, found | D．found, founded |
____ is well known to the Irish is ____ St. Patrick was taken to Ireland as a prisoner when he was 16.
| A．It, that | B．As, what | C．That, what | D．What, that |