_______(27)
A.be
B.ever
C.been
D.never

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I won’t be home for _______ dinner this evening. I’m meeting some friends after _______ work and we’re going to _______ cinema.
A.x/the/ x
B.The/ x / x
C.x / x /the
D.x /the/the

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Is it acceptable to touch ______ person on _______ shoulder in a conversation?
A.a – the
B.the – a
C.the – the
D.a - a

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The more you talk about the matter, ______.
A.the worse the situation seems
B.the worse seem the situation
C.the situation seems worse
D.the situation seems the worse

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_______ what she prepared for the job interview, Megan didn’t pass it.
A.Despite of 
B.In spite of
C.Though
D.However

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If I ______ that there was a test yesterday, I would not be punished now.
A.knew
B.have known
C.had known
D.would know

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No one on the plane was alive in the accident last night,               ? 
A.wasn’t he
B.weren’t they
C.were they
D.was he

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By the time I went to class, the lesson ______over.  
A.has been    
B.was
C.had been   
D.is

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Hardly ______when the argument began.        
A.he had arrived     
B.than he arrived
C.when he arrived 
D.had he arrived

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It is not until December 25 _______ the exam will be designed.  
A.when
B.what   
C.which     
D.that