－Whenever you are short of money, just come to me．

－________

A．Do you really mean it?

B．I can’t believe it．

C．That’s something．

D．What’s up?

________ you’re wondering why Joe’s here——let me explain．

A．In case

B．So long as

C．Now that

D．The moment

Evidence has been piled up ________ specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as five months old．

A．what

B．which

C．when

D．that

Some areas, ________ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated．

A．due to

B．with regard to

C．regardless of

D．in spite of

Our teacher is clever, but not good at ________ his ideas to us．

A．getting across

B．getting over

C．getting on

D．getting into

－You’d better work out more．

－Sometimes I ________．I had a walk after supper yesterday and I’ll go to the gym tonight．

A．did

B．would

C．do

D．have

－Go now?

－It’s too late; tomorrow will be a ________ time for you to visit them．

A．good

B．better

C．best

D．more

The guard was ________ of looking upon when the thieves robbed the old lady．

A．scolded

B．charged

C．accused

D．punished

Salley ________ Beijing for Shanghai and ________ there ever since．You can go and pay her a visit on your way to Hangzhou．

A．has left; worked

B．left; worked

C．has left; had worked

D．left; has worked

Nowadays the Chinese are becoming more familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, ________ is often the case in other countries．

A．as

B．what

C．it

D．that