Julia ________ with a stranger when Jim went in for the jacket he ________ in the restaurant．

had quarreled; left

had quarreled; had left

was quarreling; has left

was quarreling; had left

Success ________ hard work while laziness ________ failure, as everyone knows．

results in; results from

results from; results in

leads to; lies in

results in; leads to

But for the fact that China ________ also affected by the global economic crisis, we ________ fewer unemployed workers now．

is; would have

were; would have

was; would have had

were; would have had

He appears to be optimistic, but, ________, he is quite pessimistic．

in particular

on one hand

for one thing

as a matter of fact

________ you may have, you should gather your courage to face the challenge．

However a serious problem

What a serious problem

However serious a problem

What serious a problem

He kept smiling secretly and we were all wondering ________ that made him so happy．

how it did

what he did

how it was

what it was

People who don’t smoke have less ________ of suffering from lung cancer than those who do．

coincidence

load

aspect

potential

Sitting at the back of the room but in front of some old men and women ________ a very shy girl with two bright eyes．

was

were

are

being

________ in her most beautiful skirt, the girl tried to make herself ________ at the party．

Dressed; noticing

Dressing; noticed

Dressed; noticed

Dressing; being noticing

The role change from husband to father, although difficult, doesn’t seem so great as ________ from wife to mother．

one

that

it

those