The driver was at _______ loss when ________word came that he was forbidden to drive for speeding．

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

--- Have you finished your composition already? ---- Yes．I _____  it in less than ten minutes.

A．have finished       B．finished         C．will finish         D．had finished

The hospital nearby has just got a , ______ you’d call it, er……a scanner.

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

I was not in Beijing last June, otherwise I         my son’s graduation ceremony．

A．would not miss                                           B．didn’t miss

C．would not have missed                                     D．had not missed

Don’t interrupt me ,John．       you force me to tell you the truth at the moment?

A．Might           B．Must        C．Should            D．Would

It was in the small house       was destroyed by the flood       he spent his childhood.

A．which; that          B．that; where          C．which; which        D．that; which

It’s a mistake to think of Florida only ______ its tourist attractions.

A．in addition to         B．by way of     C．in terms of      D．by means of

The weather of this year is not so good as        of last year.

A．one        B．the one         C．that        D．those

To our great surprise, the painting _______ should have won the prize.

A．considered being copied                        B．considering to be copied

C．considering having been copied                 D．considered to have been copied

---- The novel isn’t easy for Xiao Wang to read, is it?

---- ______．His foreign language is far better than expected.

A．No, it isn’t           B．I’m afraid not．       C．I think so．          D．Yes, it is.