With April 18’s railway speedup, highway and air transport will have to compete with ________ service for passengers．

good

better

best

the best

The play had already been on for quite some time when we ________ at the New Theatre．

have arrived

arrived

had arrived

arrive

These old buildings possibly ________ the Ming Period．

are dated back to

date from

are dated from

date

He divided the sweets ________ the children who were divided ________ three groups．

in; in

into; into

between; in

among; into

________ he returns to his native land．

It is long before that

It is before long that

It won’t be long before

It will be before long that

Last week I met an old friend of mine in the street by ________．

event

accident

a chance

business

The secretary worked late into the night, ________ a long speech for the president．

to prepare

preparing

prepared

was preparing

A new modern school ________ in our city．They hope to finish it next month．

is being built

is built

has been built

will be built

It’s believed that many athletes and sports fans from all over the world ________ to Beijing during the 29th Olympic Games to be held in the year 2008．

will invite

will be invited

have invited

are being invited

I can ________ you to the market in my car．

send

pick

ride

take