－Who is making so much noise in the garden?

－________ the children．

A．There are

B．They are

C．That is

D．It is

It ________ at the crossroads ________ he was killed in the accident the other day．

A．is; that

B．was; that

C．is; where

D．was; where

He speaks English well indeed, but of course not ________ a native speaker．

A．as fluent as

B．more fluent than

C．so fluently as

D．much fluently than

The discovery of new evidence led to ________．

A．the thief having caught

B．catch the thief

C．the thief being caught

D．the thief to be caught

A good storyteller must be able to hold his listeners’ curiosity ________ he reaches the end of the story．

A．when

B．unless

C．after

D．until

There was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we ________ gave up．

A．eventually

B．unfortunately

C．generously

D．purposefully

－Was his father very strict with him when he was at school?

－Yes．He had never praised him ________ he became one of the top students in his class．

A．after

B．unless

C．until

D．when

Allen had to call a taxi because the box was ________ to carry all the way home．

A．much too heavy

B．too much heavy

C．heavy too much

D．too heavy much

The great success of this programme has been ________ due to the support given by the local businessmen．

A．rather

B．very

C．quickly

D．largely

Sometimes it was a bit boring to work there because there wasn’t always ________ much to do．

A．such

B．that

C．more

D．very