--- Has your wife come back from Africa?
---Yes, but she _____here for only one month before she went on another expedition to Cuba
| A．has been | B．was | C．will be | D．would be |
____ the temperature might drop, coal was prepared for warming.
| A．To consider | B．Considered | C．Considering | D．To be considered |
——Tom, you are caught late again.
——Oh, ____.
| A．not at all | B．just my luck |
| C．never mind | D．that’s all right |
——What do you think of the concert?
——I really enjoy it. I didn’t expect it was ____ wonderful.
| A．as | B．more | C．most | D．very |
——We must thank you for taking the trouble to cook us a meal.
——____.
| A．With pleasure | B．It doesn’t matter |
| C．It was no trouble at all | D．By all means |
——So you missed the meeting.
——____. I got there five minutes before it finished.
| A．Not at all | B．Not exactly | C．Not especially | D．Not really |