－I phoned you at 7 yesterday evening but nobody answered．

－Oh, I ________ my dog in the park then．

walked

was walking

had walked

would walk

________, I prefer to listen to classical music rather than rock 'n' roll．

Sooner or later

In this way

On the whole

Little by little

The twin sisters look so much alike that it's ________ impossible to tell one from the other．

even

almost

slightly

hardly

Paris ________ be a wonderful city but it's not somewhere I'd like to live．

might

would

must

can

For 800 years Oxford and Cambridge universities ________ in everything from Nobel prizes to boat races．

competed

had been competing

have competed

compete

There is a lot of evidence ________ stress is partly responsible for disease．

which

that

how

whose

It is reported that the company has ________ a new household robot．

made out

given out

taken out

brought out

－Have you found the novel I lent you two weeks ago?

－Sorry, I can't find it ________, but I'll give it back to you later．

for the moment

to the moment

in a moment

at any moment

The time is drawing near ________ we'll have to make a decision one way or the other．

where

when

whether

why

－I'd like to fix an appointment with the director．Would nine tomorrow morning be all right?

－________．He's got rather a full day tomorrow．

I'm afraid not

Never mind

It doesn't matter

Don't mention it