The number of people invited ___ fifty, but a number of them ___ absent for different reasons.
| A．were; was |
| B．was; was |
| C．was; were |
| D．were; were |
---What do you think of the movie?
----,_____, the movie isn’t interesting enough, though lots of money has been spent on it.
| A．To be honest | B．That’s to say |
| C．Generally speaking | D．I’m not sure |
Up to now, the poet has written eight poems, three ___ are about American country life.
| A．of them | B．in them | C．of whom | D．of which |
It seemed_____the world was_____ when the earthquake hit Wenchuan on May, 12th,2008.
A.as if;at an end C.even if;in the end
C.if;at the end D.that;by the end
I was told that the stadium was well worth ___.
| A．to visit | B．to be visited | C．visiting | D．of being visited |
You should never lose your temper with the students; ___, they are only kids.
| A．in all | B．after all | C．at all | D．first of all |