------ _________ this afternoon?

------It depends. I am afraid I will be called in by my manager.

A. Is it suitable         B. Will you be convenient  

C. Is it accurate         D. Will you be available

 ——Isn’t it time you went to bed, Mike ?

——I ________ painting all afternoon, so I have to finish my homework now.

A. was practicing       B. have practiced     C. have been practicing   D. had practiced

 While by school rules high school students _________ use cell phones in the school, they can use public phones to keep in touch with friends and family.

A. mustn’t          B. shan’t              C. wouldn’t              D. mightn’t

 Do you know in what situations it was ________ Jack achieved his goal ?

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

 About two weeks ago, an earthquake ________ 8.6 on the Richter scale struck the coast of Indonesia, leaving residents along coastlines ________ to high ground in panic.

    A. measuring; fled   B. measured; fleeing   C. measuring; fleeing          D. measured; fled

 —Look! Somebody           the sofa.

    —Well, it wasn’t me. I didn’t do it.

       A．is cleaning        B．was cleaning          C．has cleaned         D．had cleaned

_______ the consequence, he did whatever he liked to and nobody could stop him.

A. Regardless of    B. As regards            C. Regarding to   D. With regard to

 With the pressure ______, she was off work for weeks because she couldn’t stand it any more.   

A. putting up   B. making up           C. picking up            D. building up     

 The question of ________English will continue changing in the future is easy________.

A. that; to answer          B. whether, to answer            

C. if; to answer             D. whether, to be answered

 Animals suffered at the hands of man ________they were destroyed by people to make way for agricultural land to provide food for more people.

A. in that             B. for which          C. so that             D. in which