The room is empty except for a bookshelf ________ in one corner．

A．standing

B．to stand

C．stands

D．stood

I didn't think I'd like the movie, but actually it ________ pretty good．

A．has been

B．was

C．had been

D．would be

It was ________ cold winter night and the moon was shining brightly across ________ night sky．

A．不填；a

B．a; the

C．the; a

D．the; 不填

I’ve lived in New York and Chicago, but don't like ________ of them very much．

A．either

B．any

C．each

D．another

The flood ________ all the bridges, so we had to get there only by boat．

A．destroyed

B．injured

C．harmed

D．hurt

The money collected should be made good use ________ the people in Taiwan who suffered a lot in the earthquake．

A．of helping

B．to help

C．to helping

D．of to help

________ you met the foreigner from Canada?

A．Where it was that

B．Who it was that

C．Where was it that

D．Where was that

Tom's English is not good，so he devoted all his free time to ________ it．

A．studying

B．study

C．studied

D．studies

The number of people in the party ________ fifty, but a number of them ________ absent for different reasons．

A．were; was

B．was; was

C．was; were

D．were; were

That hero who died in the war was so brave that he never ________ to the enemies until death．

A．gave up

B．gave out

C．gave in

D．gave away