- "Can I have a rise?" - "Out of the questions!’'
A.Impossible.
B.Of course!
C.I don't understand exactly what you mean.
D.What a stupid thing to ask for!

Nobels original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which vary from S30,000 to $125,000.
A.heritage
B.bequest
C.prize
D.fortune

The students in the dormitories were forbidden for staving out after 11:30 p.m.., unless they have special passes.
A.in the dormitories
B.for staving out
C.unless
D.special passes

Apparently, Tom and Larry can't spend an afternoon together without fighting.
A.Presumably, on the alternoon of the fight, Tom and Larry were together.
B.Tom and Larry must have got together in the aftemoon to have a fight.
C.A fight seems inevitable when Tom and Larry are together even if only for an afternoon.
D.Unfortunately, Tom and Larry spent the whole afternoon fighting each other.

When he called to tell me that he was studying, I didn't believe him because I could hear the noise of a party in the background.
A.Though he was studying when he called, I thought he was lying because in the background there were party-like sounds.
B.Because of the sounds of a party I heard in the background when he phoned, I didn't believe his claim that he was studying.
C.Although he rang me to tell me that he was studying, I couldn't hear what he was saying properly because of my unbelievably noisy party.
D.I didn't believe that he could study properly with the noise of a party in the background and I told him that when he telephoned.

"Mum, please don't tell dad about my mistake," the boy said.
A.The boy requested his mother not to talk about his mistake any more.
B.The boy begged his mother not to tell his father abont his mistake.
C.The boy earnestly insisted that his mother tell his father about his mistake.
D.The mother was forced to keep her son's mistake as a secret when he insisted.

You shouldn't _________ to your teacher like that. It was very rude.
A.talk
B.talked
C.have be talked
D.have talked

I'm sorry! I didn't break that vase on __________ .
A.intention
B.my mind
C.time
D.purpose

The concert was _________ because of the heavy rain.
A.called off
B.put out
C.set off
D.run out

If it _________ their encouragement, he could have given it up.
A.hadn't been for
B.had been for
C.wouldn't have been for
D.hadn't been