--- What’s that unpleasant noise?

   --- Oh, the road before the main gate _____.

A. is repairing           B. is being repaired          C. is repaired            D. has been repaired

 The guitar _____ John composed their first hit is now in a music museum.

   A. by what                  B. with which                    C. on that                 D. at which 

It is _____ that the middle-aged lady will pass the driving test.

   A. certain                             B. confident                       C. brief             D. sure 

 The boy pretended       when his parents entered the room.

        A. reading             B. to reading                 C. to be reading       D. having read

Beyond, a famous rock band, played its last concert in 2005 and then it officially _____ in Singapore.

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

Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will _____ as competitors.

   A. they be admitted                    B. be admitted                 C. admit                    D. be admitting

I’m sorry you’ve been waiting so long, but it will be some time ____ Brian gets back.

   A. since                        B. till                          C. after                      D. before

 Do you ________ much importance to what he just said ?

   A. attach            B. think            C. pay               D. devote

 Jam Hsiao, a singer from Taiwan, understands that it is his singing, rather than his talking, ______ has got him to where he is now.

   A. which              B. what             C. that               D. as

Seeing their son back home safe and sound, the couple smiled _____.

   A. in peace                   B. in relief                  C. in return                D. in turn