-.Would you help sweep the floor?

--________. I’d rather water the flowers.

A. Not particularly  B. Don’t mention it        C. Anything but that       D. With pleasure

Tom could do nothing but _______ to his mother that he was wrong.

A. admitting           B. admits                      C. admit                       D. admited

In order not to be disturbed, I spent three hours _______ in my study.

A. locking              B. locked                      C. to lock                            D. to be locked

People were puzzled ____ they read the book.

      A. the first time      B. at the first time          C. for the first time        D. at first

 (2010年烟台二模)They landed safely on the island in the Pacific.Everything went on better than________.

A．expected                             B．expecting

C．expectation                          D．to expect

 (2010年烟台检测)He is rather difficult to make friends with，but his friendship，________，is more true than any other’s.

A．once gained                         B．when to gain

C．after gaining                        D．while gaining

 (2011年潍坊质量监测)When people cut down big trees，new trees should be planted.________they will have no trees to cut down in the future.

A．If not                           B．If so

C．If no so                        D．If don’t

 (2010年海南五校联考)I have been living in Haikou for 10 years，but seldom________so lonely as now.

A．have I felt                                   B．I have felt

C．had I felt                                    D．I had felt

 (2010年湖北部分重点中学高三第一次联考)Many a writer of newspaper articles ________ to writing novels.

A．has turned                           B．have turned

C．being turned                        D．are going to turn

 (2010年南通二模)The policeman told me that I had passed the driving test and never in my life________so happy and excited.

A．I felt                            B．did I feel

C．I had felt                      D．had I felt