Dan Brown，_____ author of The Da Vinci Code，is _____ very famous American writer．
| A．a; the | B．the; the |
| C．the; a | D．a; a |
How can you expect to get ahead in your life ______ you even live to yourself from time to time?
| A．though | B．until | C．before | D．when |
— We thought he would have got the job.
— What a pity! He ______too nervous when interviewed.
| A．was | B．had been | C．has been | D．would have been |
With children, if you say "no", you have to mean ______.
| A．that | B．this | C．it | D．one |
— Would you mind giving me a lift home, Bill?
— ______I'll wait for you at the gate after work.
| A．How come? | B．By all means. | C．Why not? | D．Up to you. |
It took people as well as time to build the pyramid.
| A．a large number of; a great many |
| B．a great many; a large amount of |
| C．a great many of; large amounts of |
| D．a large amount of; a great deal of |