It took Mary quite a long time to _______ a new next day.
| A．will stay |
| B．stay |
| C．would stay |
| D．stays |
---- Do you have a minute? I’ve got something to tell you.
---- OK, __________ you make it short.
| A．now that | B．if only | C．so long as | D．so that |
---Did you watch the movie Tangshan Earthquake last night?
---I had planned to, but it ___ hard all the time.
| A．is raining | B．was raining | C．has rained | D．had rained |
--Can you let these new graduates take on the task?
---I’m afraid not. While they are energetic and ambitious, ____of them seems to be suitable for this demanding job.
| A．no one | B．any one | C．none | D．few |
There is ____ as a free dinner in this world, as the saying goes, “No pains, no gains.”
| A．no such a good thing | B．such no good thing |
| C．no such good thing | D．such no a good thing |
They say “____”, but there is every chance that Usian Bolt will strike again later this week, when he will try to break the 200 meters world record he set in Beijing.
| A．A little knowledge is a dangerous thing |
| B．Lightning never strikes twice in the same place |
| C．Where there is a will, there is a way |
| D．Failure is the mother of success |