--- Why didn’t you ring me up when Sue arrived?
---sorry, I ______ my essay that was to be handed in by noon.
| A．had written | B．wrote |
| C．have been writing | D．was writing |
I tried every to make him give up smoking.
| A．mean | B．ways | C．meaning | D．means |
Being poor, she had to borrow a new so as to attend the party.
| A．cloth | B．clothes | C．clothing | D．dress |
It snowed heavily for three days and they were separated from the outside world.
| A．in the end | B．on end | C．by the end | D．at the end |
everyone can hear the speaker there is no of turning up the radio.
| A．Now that; point | B．Even if; point | C．Now that; need | D．Even if; need |
If it was not an accident, he must have done it .
| A．on purpose | B．in common | C．on occasion | D．in time |