－How do you find the lecture by Mr．Lee?

－________．

A．It's a fine day．

B．Very boring

C．In the conference hall

D．By bicycle

－Do you think that housing price will keep ________ in the year to come?

－Sorry, I have no idea．

A．lifting up

B．going up

C．bringing up

D．growing up

－Could I ask you a rather personal question?

－Sure, ________．

A．pardon me

B．go ahead

C．good idea

D．forget it

－Are you satisfied with what the captain explained?

－Not at all．It couldn't have been ________．

A．so bad

B．the worst

C．the best

D．worse

－Did the guard let you in?

－No, ________ I told him who I was．

A．as though

B．even though

C．once

D．if

－Can I smoke here?

－No, ________ at no time in the library．

A．smoking permits

B．smoking does permit

C．smoking is permitted

D．is smoking permitted

－We heard that some students got injured in this school bus accident in our province．

－Yes, ________ news came as ________ shock to all of us．

A．/;/

B．/; a

C．the;/

D．the; a

－Would you like to go to the concert with us tonight?

－________, but I have something important to do．

A．Never mind．

B．I'd love to．

C．I'm afraid not．

D．Don't worry．

－What will you do during the summer holidays?

－I don't know, but it's about time ________ on something．

A．I'm deciding

B．I'll decide

C．I decided

D．I've decided

－________? Sue gave me a cute little dog as a birthday gift yesterday!

－Oh, I'm not surprised at all since everybody knows you are a pet lover．

A．So what

B．What if

C．Guess what

D．What's up