I _____ sooner but I didn’t know that they were waiting for me .

A. had come     B. was coming    C. would come    D. would have come

---- Why is the cake so expensive?

---- Maybe you don’t know a cake made of wheat costs less than _____ made of rice.

A. one                 B. that                   C. the one           D. another

-----Alice, you clean the blackboard today, _________?

 ----- But I cleaned it yesterday.

A. won’t you      B. will you      C. didn’t you    D. don’t you

_______ is expected, according to the online survey, is _______ the price of housing will not go up any more.

A. As; what                 B. It; that            C. What; that              D. What; which

–-I feel down now. All my work goes for nothing.

---___________. That’s life.

A. You are cut out for it.  B. It happens        C. No problem       D. That’s it

All the others seemed to know each other and I began to feel _______.

A. given away             B. left out                           C. turned down          D. fallen behind

After a year's training, I'm sure he will _______ the target.

A. hit       B. strike       C. beat      D. knock

Are you still hoping and waiting for someone somewhere to come to your rescue, wave a magic stick and immediately change your life for _________?

A. the best       B. best     C. better      D. the better

— Do you know the tower _____ in the heart of the city?

— You mean the one _____ from the Ming Dynasty?

A. locating; dated        B. being located; dating

C. located; dating            D. located; dated

She lay lazily in the armchair under the tree, the sun _____down through the broad leaves.

A. shone     B. shinning     C. was shinning     D. to shine