Before making your speech, you’d better ________ your thoughts and ideas．

A．collect

B．gather

C．get

D．prepare

－Did you remember to give Jenny the money?

－Yes．________ I saw her, I’m sure．

A．So long as

B．So far as

C．The moment

D．Any time

________, the idea of having to work under a woman defeated him．

A．Wanting the job very much

B．Although wanting the job badly

C．Though he wanted the job very much

D．He wanted the job badly

________ everyone else wouldn’t go to the mountain area, he went without a second thought．

A．As long as

B．While

C．Where

D．In spite of

If the building project ________ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined．

A．being completed

B．is completed

C．to be completed

D．completed

The cakes are delicious．He’d like to have ________ third one because ________ second one is rather too small．

A．a; a

B．the; the

C．a; the

D．the; a

We haven’t settled the question of ________ it is necessary for him to study abroad．

A．if

B．where

C．whether

D．that

A poet and artist ________ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon．

A．is

B．are

C．was

D．were

I wish you’d do ________ talking and some more work．Thus things will become better．

A．a bit less

B．any less

C．much more

D．a little more

－There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man．

－My goodness!I can’t imagine ________ that old．

A．to be

B．to have been

C．being

D．having been