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 |
— Why weren't you at the meeting?
— I ________ for a long distance call from my sister in America.
| A．was waited | B．was waiting | C．has waited | D．have been waiting |
She will have to find some other work for she can't ________ this loud noise any more.
| A．come up with | B．keep up with | C．grow up with | D．put up with |
The boy said ________ couldn't he work out the problem but his teacher didn't know how to do it.
| A．though | B．never | C．hardly | D．not only |
.Carol said that the work would be well done by the end of October, ________ personally I wondered completely.
| A．which | B．at which | C．in which | D．about which |
I've just seen no more than one copy of" Gone with the Wind"in the bookshop opposite. Tom, go and buy______ back.
| A．one | B．any | C．it | D．some |