---Sir, I’m terribly sorry for not having handed in my homework on time, but I have been very busy all these days.

   ---No excuse for it, but I          drop it this time.

       A．might       B．can    C．should      D．must

At the meeting, they sat very_____ and had a _____ talk, but I didn’t know what they were talking about.     

A. close; close    B. closely; close    C. close; closely    D. closely; closely

 Please tell me ______ you would like to have your coffee --- black or white?

A. how                B. what                C. when             D. which

After ______ seemed a long time, Mr. Li stood up and broke the silence.

A. what         B. that             C. it              D. which

We believe ______ you have been devoted to ______ naturally of great necessity.

A. that; being        B. all that; be       C. what; is            D. that all; are

 The performance supposed to be popular ______ to be a great disappointment after it was over.

A. turned up          B. turned down             C. turned out         D. turned over

When he was questioned about the necklace, he__________that he had ever seen it.

       A．hesitated   B．refused            C．denied             D．rejected

 ---The girl is said to have ___ gift for teaching deaf children.

  ---She is something. I think it calls for ____ patience and imagination.

A. a, the              B. a, /               C. the, the           D. /, a

________ the help of her teacher, Mary ________ in the past few months.

     A．With; has made progress              B．Under; has made a progress

     C．With; had made progress            D．Under; had made a progress   

She has ________ that I find it hard to believe anything bad of her.

              A．so a lovely face            B．so lovely a face      

              C．such lovely a face          D．such lovely face