．We had wanted to finish our task by noon, but it didn’t quite________.

A．find out    B．give out    C．hand out   D．work out

Eugene's never willing to alter any of his opinions. It’s no use _____ with him.

       A．to argue    B．arguing    C．argued     D．having argued

—Where is my dictionary? I remember I put it here yesterday.

       —You________ it in the wrong place.

     A．must put            B．should have put       C．might put       D．must have put

I don’t mind her criticizing me, but________ is how she does it that I object to.

     A．it         B．that     C．this           D．which

We live day by day, but in the great things, the time of days and weeks ______ so small that a day is unimportant.

       A．is                  B．are                 C．has been            D．have been

—How far apart to they live?

—________ I as concerned , they live in the same neighborhood.

       A．As long as       B．As far as C．As well as D．As often as

The children talked so loudly at dinner table that I had to struggle ______.

       A．to be heard          B．to have heard         C．hearing        D．being heard

．On the contrary, I think it is Truman, ________ you, ________ to blame.

A．more than; are          B．less than; who are

C．rather than; that is        D．rather than; is

．As far as we are concerned, education is about learning and the more you learn, ______.

       A．the more for life are you equipped       B．the more equipped for life you are

       C．the more life you are equipped for       D．the more life for you are equipped

I’m surprised to see you smoking. You ________, I remember.

       A．are not used to        B．were not used to             C．didn’t use to            D．used not