________ five minutes________ ，we arrived at the railway station with our heavy luggage．

A．There were；to go

B．It had；left

C．It was；left

D．With；to go

________ in some rural schools that the teacher is even unable to walk through the rows of desks．

A．The classroom is as crowded

B．So crowded is the classroom

C．As crowded the classroom is

D．The classroom is such crowded

________ is often the case with elder people，my grandma talked about my new hairstyle for at least 50 minutes nonstop．

A．That

B．Which

C．As

D．It

The financial crisis has put the world economy in a difficult ________．

A．occasion

B．condition

C．evaluation

D．situation

He sighed again and the failure in physics seemed to have completely ________ his confidence．

A．injured

B．destroyed

C．shocked．

D．attacked

－Mike got “F” in his history test．

一________? He has been working so hard on it．

A．How come

B．So what

C．What for

D．Why not

－Hello, Rosa!I heard you went to New Jersey．

－I ________ away for a week．But I’m back now．

A．am

B．have been

C．was

D．had been

－Do remember to charge the battery 12 hours when you first use it．

－________．

A．Made it

B．Got it

C．Understood it

D．Remembered it

－Jack, you play chess with Kate．

－What!________ to play with her at chess?－No．

A．I

B．Me

C．Mine

D．My

－Jack is ill in hospital．

－Really, I ________ him right now．

A．will visit

B．am going to visit

C．am to visit

D．am about to visit