Jame came back home early last night．It was not yet eight o'clock ________ he arrived home．

before

that

when

until

He had taught himself ________ lessons on nuclear science in his senior school before he went to Beijing University．

advanced

promoting

progress

process

Every four years, many athletes from different countries ________ the Olympic Games．

take part in

participate in

join

both A and B

My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever; ________, he could neither eat nor sleep．

as a result

after all

in all

as a result of

The old books take up too much room．You should consider how to ________ them．

do with

deal with

agree with

get along with

In English, instant messengers can ________ articles, subjects, pronouns, etc．

leave out

let out

drop out

put out

The marathon runner raced ahead in the early stages of the race but he had overplayed his hand(过高估计)and had to ________ exhausted with only three miles to go．

leave out

let out

drop out

put out

The program must ________ school children for it is so popular among them．

appeal to

agree to

apply to

attend to

They claimed that ________ 1, 000 factories closed down during the economic crisis．

properly

approximately

independently

considerably

The student ________ in the examination was strictly punished by the school．

catching cheating

caught cheated

caught cheating

catching cheated