He was about to tell me the secret someone patted me on the shoulder.
| A．as | B．until | C．while | D．when |
. — Lend me some money, will you?
— Sorry, I’ve got ____ at hand myself.
| A．nothing | B．no | C．none | D．Much |
. I asked Peter and ____ of his two sisters, but none of them knew when their uncle came back.
| A．either | B．both | C．one | D．Neither |
. — You could have turned to the soldiers for help.
— Yes, but we ____ to manage it on our own. Who would think we would fail?
| A．would hope | B．hoped | C．had hoped | D．have been hoping |
. I first met Mr Zhao nine years ago. He ____ at a chemical college at that time.
| A．had worked | B．has worked | C．was working | D．had been working |
. I’m sorry to have known my train arrives in New York at eight o’clock tonight. The plane I would like to take from there ____ by then.
| A．will have left | B．would leave | C．had left | D．has left |