Time and tide__________for no man.?

A.wait                   B.waited                C.is waiting           D.has waited

Our knowledge of computers__________growing all the time.?

A.be                            B.is                       C.are                     D.were

A big whale was caught ________the coast by two fishermen.

A.along                        B.on                                   C.across                       D.off

The number of pages in this dictionary ________ about two thousand.

A.are                           B.has                           C.have                         D.is

The book cost her_________.?

A.eight pounds twenty-five pence?

B.eight pounds twenty-five pennies?

C.eight pound twenty-five penny?

D eight pound twenty-five cents?

Mary__________my letter;otherwise she would have replied before now.?

A.has received?                                 B.ought to have received?

C.couldn’t have received?                  D.shouldn’t have received?

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west，so it seems as if the sun__________round the earth.

A.were circling                                  B.circles

C.is circling                                       D.be circling

The old man smiled when he saw how pretty__________up to be during the past few years.?

A.had his daughter grown                   B.would his daughter grow?

C.his daughter would grow                 D.his daughter had grown?

Mr.Hall understands that__________maths has always been easy for him，it is not easy for the students.

A.unless                B.since                  C.although             D.when?

Pop music is loved by lots of young people，but it is not to everyone’s _________.

A.smell                 B.taste                   C.sound                 D.favor