——You didn’t wait for Mr. Black last night, did you?
——No, but we ____. He didn’t return home at all.
| A．couldn’t have | B．needn’t have |
| C．didn’ t need to | D．should wait have |
The kitchen might have been workable had Nicola kept it tidy; ________ it was littered with pots and pans.
| A．therefore | B．anyhow | C．instead | D．though |
—Did Jack take the doctor's advice that he _____ in bed for another three days?
—If only he_____．
| A．lie; had | B．lies; does |
| C．lies; would | D．lie; did |
The proportion of elderly people increases in Britain and medical advances make it possible to keep alive patients who ________ previously.
| A．would die | B．had died |
| C．should have died | D．would have died |
The true traveler sets out to make an independent, unhurried journey to the unknown, travelling ________ few people have set foot.
| A．in which | B．what | C．when | D．where |
—________, I can attach no definite meaning to this rather grand sentence.
—Why not turn to your teacher for help?
| A．As hard I might try | B．Try hard as I might |
| C．As hard as I might try | D．Try as hard as I might |