We interviewed a number of candidates but none of them _________ us.

     A. impressed                 B. impression                C. impressive                 D. impressively

The old market is said _________ in a fire two years ago.

     A. to be destroying                                             B. to be destroyed       

     C. to have destroyed                                          D. to have been destroyed

My teeth were a little yellow so I _________ by the dentist.

     A. had had them cleaned                                   B. had cleaned them

     C. had them cleaned                                           D. is cleaned

“Would you mind turning down the TV, Tom? I have a headache.” said Jane.

     A. Jane has a headache and she would mind Tom turning down the TV.

     B. Jane asked Tom turn down the TV and she had a headache.

     C. Jane advised Tom to turn down the TV because she had a headache.

     D. Jane asked Tom to turn down the TV as she had a headache.

As soon as he arrived home, it started to rain.

     A. Arriving home, he said that it would start to rain.

     B. Hardly had it started to rain when he arrived home.

     C. It started to rain and then he arrived home.

     D. No sooner had he arrived home than it started to rain.

Thanks to your support, I was able to complete the task successfully.

     A. If you didn’t support me, I would not be able to complete the task successfully.

     B. If you had not supported me, I could have completed the task successfully.

     C. Had it not been for your support, I could not have completed the task successfully.

     D. Were it not for your support. I would not be able to complete the task successfully.

Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of laborsaving devices.

     A. Official                    B. Household                C. Foreign                     D. Schooling

My cousin tends to look on the bright side in any circumstance.

     A. be confident             B. be optimistic             C. be pessimistic           D. be smart

It is such difficult a lesson that we can’t understand it.

     A. such                          B. it                               C. a                                D. can’t

He used to smoking a cigar after meal but now he quit smoking because he has got some respiratory problem.

     A. after                         B. used to smoking       C. because                     D. smoking