The guard stopped him ___ the entrance ___ the great hall because of his dirty clothes.

      A. at….of        B.at…to          C. in….by       D. by…..from

---You shouldn’t have taken pictures before the carved stones.

---____ .

A. Pardon me      B. Yes, I will      C. Never mind      D. Don’t mention it

Do you know that the first textbooks written for teaching English as a foreign language ____ in the 16th century?

A. came up        B. came along        C. came out      D. came about

-Mary, would you like to come to my birthday party??

　-_____.

　 A. Of course, you could 　 B. Sure. Go ahead

　 C. Sorry, you may not 　 D. No, you mustn’t

How pleased the detective was _____ what his customer told him!

　 A. hearing 　 B. heard  C. to hearing 　 D. to hear

— Why can’t I smoke here?

— At no time ____ in the meeting room.

A. is smoking permitted                     B. smoking is permitted 

C. does smoking permit                     D. smoking does permit

    , I think, and all the problems could be settled.

A. If you make more efforts

B. Making more efforts

C. A bit more effort

D. To have made more efforts

I criticized him, you know, not ________ I hate him but ________ I love him.

A. because; because        B. because; for             C. for; because    D. for; for

I was on the point of going to bed ________ Mr. Zhang rang.

A. as            B. when          C. while         D. and

The old house, in front of ________ there is an apple tree, is ________ I used to live.

A. that, the place       B. it, the place         C. which, where   D. what, where