David caught a bad cold last Tuesday. Luckily, the cold didn't ______ his examination in physics.
| A．decrease |
| B．spread |
| C．affect |
| D．protect |
It is only when a football player has aged and been through many battles ________ he learns an important lesson: there is no “I” in “team”.
| A．after | B．before | C．what | D．that |
I hate ________ when someone makes a mess of my learning materials on my desk.
| A．it | B．that | C．this | D．one |
In the darkness, she felt ________, but when she turned around, nobody was there.
| A．to follow | B．following | C．to be followed | D．being followed |
We are now in the age of great changes. Everything sometimes ________ before it is felt.
| A．change | B．had changed | C．has changed | D．changed |
Do you have ________ Smith here? I’d like to have ________word with him.
| A．a; the | B．the; a | C．the; the | D．a; a |