【題目】He was about to tell me the secret __________ someone patted him on the shoulder.

A. as

B. until

C. while

D. when

【題目】As a result of the poor environment, many animals have __________.

A. died away B. died down

C. died out D. died of

【題目】—He was nearly drowned once.

—When was __________？

—__________ was in 1998 when he was in middle school.

A. that ； It

B. this ；This

C. this； It

D. that；This

【題目】This school was the first __________ textbooks as well as reading materials.

A. publishing

B. to publish

C. having published

D. published

【題目】Follow your doctor's advice,__________ your cough will get worse.

A. or

B. and

C. then

D. so

【題目】The government has built new buildings to __________ the homeless people in the earthquake.

A. save

B. house

C. survive

D. plan

【題目】As Adam Rouse played football __________ a jacket on, he caught a bad cold and was __________ work.

A. with；off

B. without；off

C. with；out of

D. with；for

【題目】Mary believed that only a________of British households did not have a car. And she heard that some of them had more than one.

A．majority

B．maximum

C．mixture

D．minority

【題目】As a matter of fact, __________ tries again makes no difference.

A. no matter which B. no matter who

C. whoever D. whichever

【題目】It's surprising that your brother ________Russian so quickly—he hasn't lived there very long.

A．picked up

B．looked up

C．put up

D．made up