The beginning of the story is excellent, ____is the ending, _____leaves us much to think.
| A．which; as | B．as; which |
| C．that; which | D．what; that |
—Did you find the missing couple in the mountain yesterday?
—No, but we __________ to get in touch with them ever since.
| A．have tried | B．have been trying | C．had tried | D．had been trying |
__________ my sister three times today but her line was always busy every time I phoned her then.
| A．I'd phoned | B．I've been phoning | C．I've phoned | D．I was phoning |
She ought to stop working, she has a headache because she __________ too long.
| A．has been reading | B．had read | C．is reading | D．read |
I __________ for five minutes, why don't they come?
| A．am waiting | B．waited | C．was waiting | D．have been waiting |
I remember my father __________ me to the seaside when I was a very small child. We forgot __________ a thick coat and I felt very cold.
| A．taking; to take | B．to take; taking |
| C．take; taking | D．take; taken |