Though he graduated from a famous university, he was ______ failure as _____ teacher.

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

It was so dark in the theatre that I could hardly _______ my friends.    

A. turn out      B. bring out      C. call out      D. pick out

A poet and artist ____ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.             

A. is         B. are       C. was         D. were

His words only _____ the viewpoint of several people.      

A. spoke     B. stood      C. told         D. represented

we were ______ at the news of her sudden death.              

A. astonishing      B. to astonish       C. astonished      D. astonish

I regret _____ that I am unable to help you.              

A. saying          B. say             C. to say          D. said

It was foolish of him to ______ his notes during that important test, and as a result, he got punished.                

A. stick to         B. refer to           C. keep to         D. point to

Try to spend your time just on the things you find ______.         

A. worth doing them             B. worth being done

C. worthy of doing them          D. worthy of being done

– Have you heard that Tom, along with his parents, ______ to Japan?

   -- Really? No wonder I haven’t seen him these days.       

A. has been       B. has gone          C. have been       D. have gone

The ______ boy was last seen ____ near the East Lake.     

A. missing; playing     B. missing; play      C. missed; played     D. missed; to play