----        you or he the teacher of English?

     ----Neither my sister nor my mother       present at the meeting.

     A. Are; is    B. Is; are     C. Are; are    D. Is; is

 ____ you may be right , I can’t agree completely.

  A. While       B. As      C. If         D. Since

 ____ that they are inexperienced, they have done a good job.

  A. Giving  B. To give  C. Given  D. If given

 — Why do you want the book so much?

    — ____, sir.

 A. Studying   B. Studied 

C. Studies    D. To study

 I hear Mr. Smith was writing a story last year and he still ____.

    A. do      B. does  C. is   D. am

 You have made a few spelling mistakes in your composition, but ____, it is fairly good.

    A. on the whole                  B. generally speaking 

    C. above all                   D. on one hand

— Would you like to go to the cinema with me this evening?

 — I’d like to, but I won’t be free tonight. Let’s make ____ some other day.

 A. it        B. them       C. you   D. this

 Help has already come from them, but the aid is ____ near what we expected.

A. everywhere            B. somewhere       

C. anywhere               D. nowhere

— These boxes are too heavy for me to move.

— Here, I’ll give you a hand ____ them.

　 A. for　　　　　　 B. to　　 C. with　 D. by

 It was not until she had arrived home _____ her appointment with the doctor.

 A. did she remember     B. that she remembered

 C. when she remembered  D. had she remembered