If you start now, _____ are that you will be caught in the heavy rain.

A. possible   B. likely    C. possibility    D. chances

—Sorry, I made a mistake again.

  —          Practice more and you’ll succeed.

A. Never mind                  B. Certainly not

C. Not at all                    D. Don’t mention it

—Have you got any idea for the summer vacation?

  —I don’t mind where we go         there is sun, sea and beach.

A .as if        B. as long as         C. now that         D. in order that

I wrote to my parents to ask for some money, because my money began to       .

A. give away             B. give in        C. give off                    D. give out

     Father ____ that we four brothers try our best to help our uncle ___ everything he had done for us.

A. suggested; in return for                            B. hoped; in exchange for                   

C. wished; in terms of                                 D. supposed; in turn

     He was busy writing a story, only _________ once in a while to smoke a cigarette.

     A. to stop                       B. having stopped          C. to have stopped         D. stopping

 _____ that caused him to serve dinner an hour later than usual.   

A. It was we being late       B. It was our being late

C. It was we were too late     D. It was because we were late

This article may shock some sensitive readers, _____ I offer my apologies in the end.

  A. from whom     B. for whom     C. to whom     D. with whom

All the runners have _____ their positions on the starting line, waiting for the shot to be

fired.

  A. taken up    B. ended up    C. looked up    D. picked up

The Yushu earthquake destroyed 15,000 homes, _____ 100,000 people in need of

resettlement.

  A. having left    B. leaving    C. left    D. to leave