I ______ the sales manager now if I _______ such a terrible mistake




A.would be / didn’t make
B.will be/ haven’t made
C.would be / had not made
D.would have been/ had not made

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer
The most important celebration holiday inChinais the New Year. At this time shops are closed. The people celebrate by feasting, by paying friendly calls to their neighbors, and by visiting the temples to make promises for the New Year. Children parade through the streets carrying colorful lanterns and paper figures. Firecrackers similar to those used in theUnited Stateson the Fourth of July are set off. In fact, on the night that the New Year's celebration begins, the exploding fireworks make so much noise that no one is able to sleep.
The time of the New Year is also the time at which Chinese people refresh their homes. For example, the windows, which are made of thick rice paper, are torn down, and new ones are put up. This is also the time during which people pay their debts. Every man tries to settle all his bills before the beginning of the New Year.
This article as a whole is about ...................... .




A.New Year's promises
B.paying debts
C.The Chinese New Year
D.holiday China

Choose the best option to complete the blanks in the following passage:
The FIFA Women's World Cup is the (26) _____ important international competition in woman's football. Contested (27)_______four years, the first women's world cup tournament, named the Women's world championship, was held in 1991, 61 years after the men first FIFA World Cup tournament in 1930. The current format has 16 _(28)________ compete every four years for the winner trophy. Of the first four tournaments held, theUSAhas won the championship twice. Since its first tournament , the Women 's world cup has continued to grow in popularity. FIFA estimates that there are currently forty millions girls and women (29)_______ football around the world, and the number of women will equal to the number of men by 2010.
(26)




A.most
B.almost
C.mostly
D.more

When she ………….the station, the train ……………………..




A.arrived/ went
B.arrived/ had gone
C.has arrived/ was going
D.arriving/ has gone

Choose the sentence A, B, C or D which is closest meaning to the sentence above
“I’m sorry I have to leave so early,” he said.




A.He apologized for having to leave early.
B.He apologized to have to leave early.
C.He apologized that he has to leave early.
D.He apologized to have left early.

The lawn needs "mowing" again.




A.repairing
B.making
C.bending
D.cutting

They …. on the street when it rained




A.was walking
B.walked
C.walks
D.were walking

John suggested ____________to the new branch in Vietnam




A.appointing
B.to appoint
C.being appointed
D.to be appointed

Those ladies often go to pagoda to pray _______ happiness and luck.




A.for
B.to
C.on
D.into

Choose a word in each line that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:




A.whole
B.whale
C.water
D.window