—Things aren’t going too well financially, sir.
—You mean we’re _____ soon?
| A．in the green | B．in the blue |
| C．in the red | D．in the yellow |
My parents offered me some money, ________, I couldn’t have bought that house.
| A．otherwise | B．so |
| C．but | D．however |
You should finish this task_______ hard it is if you are to succeed.
| A．whatever | B．whenever |
| C．however | D．wherever |
Most smoker say that they _______ smoking to some degree, but health experts suggest that they had better _______.
| A．benefit from; cut it out | B．benefit; cut it in |
| C．benefit; cut it off | D．benefit from; cut it away |
Today we have chat rooms, text messaging, emailing… but we seem ______ the art of communicating face to face.
| A．losing | B．to be losing |
| C．to be lost | D．having lost |
Since it is begun, no one can prevent the plan ________ .
| A．from carrying out | B．to be carried out |
| C．being carried out | D．to carry out |