It would be very safe if you ________ the door ________ to the garden.

A．fasten；led

B．will fasten；leads

C．fastened；leading

D．fastened；to lead

________, the concert began.

A．Having taken their seats

B．Taken their seats

C．With the listeners having taken their seats

D．The listeners had taken their seats

He apologized to me for his ________ me to his home.

A．delay inviting

B．delaying to invite

C．delay to invite

D．delaying inviting

The question was rot as simple as it ________.

A．supposes to

B．supposed to be

C．was supposing to be

D．was supposed to be

There was no ________ about it that they had got the news.

A．affair

B．doubt

C．matter

D．problem

________ the general state of his health, it may take him a while to recover from the operation.

A．Given

B．To give

C．Giving

D．Having given

The general at last got a chance to visit the village, ________ he used to fight, ________ he had been dreaming for years.

A．that; which

B．where; that

C．in which; what

D．where; which

It ________ be true that he could have completed the work in such a short time!

A．can’t

B．may not

C．must not

D．will not

Mr. Zhang gave the textbooks to all the pupils except________ who had already taken them.

A．the ones

B．ones

C．some

D．the others

At the meeting, the master suggested the teachers receive ________ education to catch up with________ development.

A．farther； the late

B．farther； the latest

C．further； the latest

D．higher； the later