What ________great fun it is to have a swim on a hot day in summer!

A. a     B.  the        C. an       D. \

The number of people invited ______fifty, but a number of them ______absent for different reasons.

A. were; was      B. was; was   C. was; were   D were; were

—Do you know the most ancient city in China—Xi’an well?

—No，this is the first time I ________ here. 

A. came           B. have come              C. am coming              D. come

 I don’t think she is a wise woman; I am _____ her empty talk.

A. grateful for     B. tired of          C. interested in   D. worried about

 —Who called just now， Sam?

—It’s Terry. She asked _____.

A. that Alice was in                                              B. if was Alice in  

C. if Alice was in                                             D. whether was Alice in

You can never imagine what great difficulty I had ________ his parents.

A. finding                 B. of finding   C. to find           D. about finding

 He was told that it would be at least three more months ______ he could recover and return to work..

A. when          B. before       C. since         D. that

 —Have you finished your experiment report, Jane?

—Oh, my God. I’ve _____ forgotten all about that.

A. strongly           B. really                     C. entirely                  D. freely

 Rather than go through the extreme hot weather and see the World Expo, I prefer ______ at an air-conditioned room and watch TV.

   A. staying    B. to stay    C. stayed    D. had stayed

 I really don’t like the way _____________ she speaks to her parents.

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