As the prisoner had been ______from the outside world for twenty years, he had no idea what the outside world was like.
| A．cut off | B．cut away |
| C．cut out | D．cut short |
The mountain village is my hometown. I spent _____ merry night there when
I was young.
| A．a great many | B．plenty of | C．many a | D．a great deal |
___ he was ill, I was expected to take his place greatly surprised me
for I didn't have much working experience.
| A．If | B．That if | C．That | D．If that |
Only after a baby seal is pushed into the sea by its mother ___ to swim.
| A．how will it learn | B．it will learn how |
| C．will it learn how | D．and it will learn how |
"Will you be able to finish the job this week?" " ___ ."
| A．I can't say it | B．I don't know that |
| C．I'm not sure this | D．I don't expect so |
She was just about to explain ___ she hadn't passed her maths test chiefly
out of carelessness ___ her uncle came.
| A．her mother … when | B．to her mother why … that |
| C．her mother that … when | D．to her mother that … when |