--Look! How long _____ like this?
--Three weeks! It s usual here that rain _____ without stopping these days of the year.
| A．had it rained; pours | B．has it been raining; pours |
| C．is it rained; is pouring | D．does it rain; pours |
It was a long time before the police________what he was really doing.
| A．caught hold of | B．caught up | C．caught on to | D．caught at |
Lan Lan _______her pace of walking home fearing that it was going to rain.
| A．accelerated | B．slowed | C．stopped | D．returned |
People believe that we ______a special ability to learn language and that our brain _____ itself to the language we hear.
| A．are prepared for；adjusts | B．are equipped for；adapts |
| C．are armed by；fits | D．are equipped with；adjusts |
It is immediately obvious that water is to be _______ to the development of life.
| A．compulsory | B．controversial | C．fundamental | D．supreme |
-- May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five o’clock tonight?
--I’m sorry. Mr. Williams _______ to a conference long before then.”
| A．will have gone | B．had gone | C．would have gone | D．has gone |