Someone called me up in the middle of the night, but he hung up ______ I could answer the phone.

A．as               B．since　　         C．until　　          D．before

________ it is to go for a picnic on such a fine day!

A．What a fun        B．What fun          C．How fun          D．How a fun

The student told me that he _______ the exam _______.

A．has had; yesterday

B．had; the day before yesterday

C．had had; the day before

D．had had; yesterday

The number of the people who speak English         large, and a large number of people         native speakers.

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

She thought I was talking about her daughter, __________,in fact, I was talking about my daughter.

A．whom            B．where            C．which            D．while

—Do you know Jack quarreled with Tom?

—I don't know,      .

A．so don't I care                          B．nor do I care

C．I don't care neither                      D．I don't care also

With ________ look of disappointment, he left the Student Union office. Without ________ knowledge of photographing, he missed the chance to be an editor of Babel.

A．the, the           B．a, a              C．the, a             D．/, the

_______ China winning 51 gold medals, the 2008 Olympic Games came to an end.

A．As               B．For              C．Because of        D．With

Last night I was watching some news about the American financial crises(金融危机) on TV _______ the power went off.

A．while             B．as               C．when             D．during

--Tom! Did you go to see the film Journey to the Center of the Earth?

  --- Yes, but I really _______ , because I had lots of homework to do.

A．needn’t have                         B．mustn’t have

C．couldn’t have                         D．shouldn’t have