Jane Austen does not tell us that one character is bad and another is good．Instead, she manages to ______ what she thinks by saying nearly the opposite of what she means．
| A．convey | B．consume |
| C．compare | D．convince |
The telephone _______, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped.
| A．had rung | B．was ringing | C．rings | D．has rung |
In recent years many football clubs ______ as business to make a profit.
A. have run B. have been run C had been run D. will run
Though we don’t know what was discussed, yet we can feel the topic_____.
| A．had changed | B．will change | C．was changed | D．has been changed |
By the time he realizes he ____into a trap, it’ll be too late for him to do anything about it.
| A．walks | B．walked | C．has walked | D．had walked |
—Have you known Dr. Jackson for a long time?
—Yes, since she________ the Chinese Society.
| A．has joined | B．joins | C．had joined | D．joined |