______ is often the case is that Tom doesn’t study hard and fails in passing an exam.

A．That             B．What             C．It                D．As

Having checked the doors were closed and ______ all the lights were off, the boy opened the door to his bedroom.

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

He ___________ unwisely, but he was at least trying to do something helpful.

A．may have acted                         B．must have acted

C．should have acted                       D．would act

The day he had been looking forward to _______ at last.

A．come            B．coming           C．came             D．has come

When she came several days later, she found that all things still _______ where she had _______ them.

A．lay; laid           B．laid; lied          C．lay; lain           D．lying; lain

---Is there any _______ to the time about how long I can stay here?

---Yes, you must leave here before he comes back.

A．number           B．length            C．limit              D．matter

Mr. Baker, a number of students want to see you. _______ they wait here or outside?

A．Should           B．Will              C．Could            D．Shall

We must _________ expenses or we’ll be getting into debt.

A．cut in            B．cut off            C．cut down          D．cut up

--- Are you pleased with what he has done?

--- Not in the least. It couldn’t be __________.

A．so bad            B．much better       C．any worse         D．the best

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One day Divya woke her mother up in the early morning. She said, “Mummy, it is so _ 36__  since you made my favorite chocolate cake—please make it today!” Mummy smiled and said, “All right, I will get it _ 37_  for you by the time you are back from school.”

Then Divya went to school and  _38_  the delicious cake all that day. That afternoon, her elder brother, Dhruv came home with his friend. Mummy had gone to the market and he  _39_  a plate full of freshly made cakes. He decided to give his friend a __40_  and within minutes the plate was  _41_ !

Just then Mummy _ 42_  and told him the cakes were made specially for Divya. Hearing this, Dhruv was very  _43_ . Soon he got a “good”  _44_ . He put his pet on the plate and placed a lid(盖子)  _45_  it. Then he left home with his friend.

Divya got home in the evening,  _46_  went into the kitchen and opened the plate. A pair of eyes stared at her. Four-year-old Divya was  _47_ . She went to her mother and asked “Mummy, do your cakes have  _48__?”

“Certainly not,” said Mummy. “Go and  _49_  the cake!” This time when Divya went and  __50_  the lid, a frog jumped right at her! The little girl jumped back in  _51_  and went crying to her mother. She told her mother about the frog and they  _52_  for Dhruv to get back that night.  __53_ , when Dhruv came back, their mother first  _54_  to him for what she had said on the phone. Then Dhruv realized his mistake and said   _55_  to Divya.

The next day Mummy made some more chocolate cakes and this time little Divya had her fill!

1.                A．long           B．early           C．nice D．late

2.                A．proper         B．ready          C．tasty D．special

3.                A．thought about    B．cared about      C．talked about   D．worried about

4.                A．broke          B．opened         C．pointed   D．found

5.                A．gift            B．joke           C．treat D．meal

6.                A．bright          B．clean           C．empty    D．gone

7.                A．rang up         B．turned up       C．came back D．set up

8.                A．regretful        B．angry          C．amazed   D．disappointed

9.                A．plan           B．answer         C．way  D．idea

10.               A．for            B．in             C．across     D．over

11.               A．silently         B．slowly          C．excitedly  D．bravely

12.               A．afraid          B．moved         C．surprised  D．happy

13.               A．pets           B．eyes           C．balls  D．vegetables

14.               A．cut            B．bake           C．make D．eat

15.               A．covered        B．lifted          C．pushed    D．touched

16.               A．time           B．relief          C．fear  D．sight

17.               A．waited         B．longed         C．called     D．hoped

18.               A．Besides        B．Anyway        C．At last D．However

19.               A．admitted       B．apologized      C．introduced D．explained

20.               A．nothing        B．good bye       C．hello D．sorry