-- The Sichuan student drew extra attention by writing his essay in ancient Chinese characters.

-- ______ How many students can do that?

A. How come? 　　B. So what? 　　　　 C. Why not?　 D. What about?

 Sorry，I am too busy now. If I _____ time, I would certainly go for an outing with you.

A. have had                  B. had had                    C. have                        D. had

I had hardly got to the office ___ my wife phone me to go back home at once.

A. when            B. than                     C. until                    D. after

 Jerry did not regret giving the comment but felt ______ he could have expressed it differently.

A. why                         B. how                         C. that                          D. whether

 All the Harry Potter books by Joanne Rowling ,  a poor single mother ____ in Edinburgh, _____ all over the world.

A. lives; are well sold                         B. lives; sell good

C. living; sell well                     D. living; are well sold

Since I won the big prize ,my telephone has n` t stopped ringing, people ____ to ask how I am going to spend the money.

A. are phoning           B. phone                   C. will phone              D. had phoned

Mary is really good at taking notes in class. She can______ almost every word her teacher says.

A. put out         B. put down        C. put away         D. put together

You will get a fine _____ of the town from the top of the hill.

A. scene                     B. scenery           C. sight                            D. view

It took ____ building supplies to construct these energy-saving houses. It took brains ,too.

A. other than       B. more than       C. rather than                    D. less than

Mr. Black has been teaching English in a middle school _____ he came to China.

A. for ever                   B. ever since               C. ever before        D. long before