The good bananas were taken away and the rest ________．

A．were thrown away

B．was thrown away

C．had been thrown away

D．had thrown away

________ fun it is to jump into a sea to go swimming in summer!

A．What a

B．How

C．How a

D．What

－Mum, I think I’m ________ to get back to school．

－Not really my dear．You’d better stay at home for another day or two．

A．too well

B．so good

C．well enough

D．good enough

Rather than ________ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ________ a bicycle．

A．ride; to ride

B．riding; to ride

C．to ride; riding

D．take; to ride

________ that you pick me up at the school gate at four this afternoon．

A．Make sure of

B．Make sure

C．To make sure

D．Be sure

Someone called me up in the middle of the night, but they hung up ________ I could answer the phone．

A．as

B．since

C．until

D．before

________ recent report stated that the number of Spanish speakers in the U．S．would be higher than the number of English speakers by ________ year 2090．

A．A; the

B．A

C．The;/

D．The; a

On May 2, 2005, at ________ World Table Tennis Championship, Kong Linghui and Wang Hao won the gold medal in men’s doubles with ________ score of 4∶1．

A．a; a

B．/; the

C．a;/

D．the; a

If you grow up in ________ large family, you are more likely to develop ________ ability to get on well with ________ others．

A．/;an; the

B．a; the;/

C．the; an; the

D．a; the; the

This book tells ________ life story of John Smith, who left ________ school and worked for a newspaper at the age of 16．

A．the; the

B．a; the

C．the;/

D．a;/