To be honest, I don’t quite _____ with you some views on the matter.

A．agree B．share C．include     D．admit

---- Catherine, everyone was at the two-hour concert except you.

--- Sorry, but I _____ my mother clean up the whole apartment.

A．was helping      B．helped      C．had helped       D．am helping

_____ good use you’ve made of your time to study, there’s still room for improvement.

A．However   B．Whatever  C．Whenever D．Wherever

American often say “There’s no such a thing as free lunch.” _____, everything costs something and everything has to be paid by someone.

A．In addition       B．As a result        C．For instance     D．In other words

Tim sat under a tree and seeing his friend, ____ up in no time.

A．to stand    B．standing    C．stood D．stands

He went to New York in 2000, _____ only two years later, he became a millionaire.

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

----- Has Jim come back?

----- Not yet. He must have been enjoying himself there, otherwise he _____ so long.

A．can’t have stayed                     B．wouldn’t have stayed

C．needn’t have stayed               D．shouldn’t have stayed

The long-lasting meeting, filled with arguments and quarrels, ended in disorder, ____ no conclusion.

A．reaches     B．reaching    C．to reach    D．reached

Sports cars such as Ferraris and Porsches are priced _____ the reach of most people.

A．under       B．out    C．within       D．beyond

It’s believed that some words, such as “sandwich” and “hamburger”, were _____ the names of people or even towns.

A．obviously  B．relatively   C．normally   D．originally