Everyone was out of _____ breath after they ran for so long _____ time.

A. 不填; 不填     B. 不填; the           C. a; the            D.不填; a

Peter sat on the train seat, with his eyes ____ on the fields outside the window.

A. fixing                           B. fixed                                   C. to fix                        D. having fixed

The boy was so tired that he fell asleep _______ his mother could take off his clothes.

A. before                 B. after                       C. while                  D. when

 — These grapes look really beautiful.

— They _______! See the price $3.99 a pound. Very expensive, aren’t they!

A. would            B. could          C. might          D. should

At the present time, more singing stars_______ to be difficult to work with.

A. say              B. have said        C. are said        D. were said

Her health ____ under the pressure of work and she decided to live a balanced life from then on.

A. broke out         B. broke in          C. broke away     D. broke down

The first week of university is an exciting time _______ freshmen familiarize themselves with their college and make new friends.

A. that                      B. when         C. what             D. on which

So______ that most parents are too worried to let their kids travel alone at the beginning of the new term.

A. is the distance great                          B. great the distance is

C. the distance is great                            D. great is the distance

— The weather has been very hot and dry.

   —Yes. If it had rained even a drop, things would be much better now! And my vegetables        .   

A. wouldn’t die     B. didn’t die    C. hadn’t died    D. wouldn’t have died

Nothing could be done at the meeting, the chairman_____ absent.

A. being                  B. was            C. to be                      D. be