In the past several weeks, many cities in Northern China________from heavy fogs, causing great inconvenience to people.
| A．suffered | B．have been suffering |
| C．were suffered | D．had been suffered |
----How are you getting on with your work?
----Oh, I am sorry. Things aren’t going so well as _____.
| A．plans | B．planning | C．planned | D．to plan |
They got the ______ end of the stick and was punished by boss.
| A．wrong | B．error | C．mistake | D．fault |
It was not until midnight ______ the parents finally found their lost kids.
| A．that | B．when | C．while | D．as |
Iran was _____ by the army because of his bad eyesight.
| A．refused | B．declined | C．rejected | D．deny |
By no means _____ true that all English people know their own language well.
| A．it is | B．is it | C．what is | D．is what |