一Did you receive the letter the next day?

—No. Somehow，it was three weeks ________ I received it.

A. before                 B. when                         C. while                         D. since

一 I'm going to Tibet for some days.

一 Really? How I wish I ________get away for a while.

A. must 　　　　　　　　 B. shall　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. could　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. need

Drinking water, breathing deeply and chatting with others are all ________ways to relax you when you are nervous.

A. serious　　　　　　　 B. distinctive　　　　　　　 C. constant　　　　　　　　　 D. positive

--- ________. I have another call coming in.

---Take your time. I am not in a rush.

A. Help yourself　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Hang on, please

C. Let me alone　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Forget it

 Julia was usually so shy, ________this time she behaved so bravely.

A. so                      B. still                         C. even                         D. yet

 Brian is always considering ________the lazy employee with a more qualified one.

A. to replace            B. replace                   C. replacing                  D. replaced

 If there were a medicine that can ________painful memories, people would rush for it.

A. deserve              B. remove                   C. ignore                      D. reserve

 Read the poem, please！ This is what I ________for my mother on her last birthday.

A. wrote    B. Write   C. have written        D. was writing

These pictures, once ________to his new book, will make it more vivid and appealing to readers.

A. add　　　　　　　　　 B. to add　　　　　　　　　　　 C. adding　　　　　　　　　　　 D. added

 The experiment they had prepared for nearly a whole week ________in a complete failure.

A. showed up          B. turned up                  C. ended up                   D. picked up