--How much salt did you put in the soup?

—I’m sorry to say, ______．I forgot

A．none        B．no one        C nothing            D．no

This design is ________ satisfactory．So you’ll have to try your best to better it．

A．nothing but       B．anything but         C．all but       D．everything but

Had she _______ her promise, she would have made it to Yale University．

A．looked up to     B．lived up to      C．kept up with        D．come up with

—How was the weather then?

—Hardly ______ off the plane when it started to rain．

A．I had stepped        B．had I stepped      C．I stepped       D．did I step

Just as Professor Scotti often _____ it, success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude．

A．gets         B．makes         C．puts          D．means

John thought he was    when the manage asked him for the advice one the new product．

A．something        B．anything        C．somebody        D．anybody

—Do you like the place of interest?

—On the contrary, it’s the     place that I want to visit．

A．worst              B．last           C．best       D．latest

Despite what I’d been told about the native people’s attitude towards strangers,     did I come across any rudeness．

A．in no time       B．at no time           C．in any time          D．at any time

Many of the scientists and engineers are judged      how great their achievements are．

A．in spite of       B．in charge of         C．in favor        D．in terms of

        , the sun was rising in the east．

A．Arriving there                                             B．We arriving there 

C．Having arrived there                                  D．We arrived