________, Dick could not succeed ________ the driving test．

A．However he tried hard; in passing

B．No matter how hard he tried; to pass

C．However hard he tried; in passing

D．No matter how he tried hard; to pass

I talked for a long time, and in the end I ________ make her believe me．

A．tried to

B．managed to

C．could

D．succeeded in

On April 1, if one ________ in tricking someone, he usually laughs and says“April Fool!”

A．interested

B．enjoys

C．succeeds

D．joins

Read the text and choose the best answer．

(阅读课文并选择最佳答案。)

Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the sisters?

a．Venus first played in a big tournament．

b．Richard started to train them．

c．The sisters and their family moved to a safer area．

d．The sisters were practising on a local tennis court and they had to protect them from bullets．

e．Serena won the women’s singles champion at Wimbledon．

A．b, c, d, a, e

B．c, b, d, a, e

C．b, d, c, a, e

D．c, b, d, e, a

What we used to think ________ impossible now does seem possible．

A．is

B．was

C．has been

D．will be

Letterboxes are much more ________ in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead．

A．common

B．normal

C．ordinary

D．usual

Please ________ a situation where you can use the daily expressions．

A．come out

B．take out

C．make up

D．turn up

It will cost a lot of time．________, I think we shall need it and it will certainly be useful to us ________．

A．What’s more; sooner or later

B．As a result; now and then

C．After all; here and there

D．At the same time; more or less

We ________ our new neighbors yet, so we don’t know their names．

A．don’t meet

B．won’t meet

C．haven’t met

D．hadn’t met

The moment the 28th Olympic Games ________ open, the whole world cheered．

A．declared

B．have been declared

C．have declared

D．were declared