Hearing the news, he rushed out, _______the book _____on the table and disappeared into the dark.
| A．left; laid open | B．leaving; lying open |
| C．leaving; lie open | D．left; lay open |
Try _____ she might, Sue couldn’t get the door open.
| A．if | B．when | C．since | D．as |
---I haven’t got the reference book yet, but I’ll have a test on the subject next month.
---Don’t worry. You ____ have it by Friday.
| A．could | B．shall | C．must | D．may |
Armed with the information you have gathered, you can ____ preparing your business plan.
| A．set out | B．set about | C．set off | D．set up |
Brown said he was by no means annoyed; ______, he was glad to be able to make himself clearly understood.
| A．all in all | B．for one thing | C．on the contrary | D．by the way |
I ______ in Hangzhou for many years, but now I live in Beijing.
| A．have lived | B．live | C．had lived | D．lived |