_______ down to dinner than the telephone rang.




A.No sooner had I sat
B.Scarcely I sat
C.Hardly had I sat
D.No sooner I sat

It is interesting to take _______ a new hobby such as collecting stamps or going fishing




A.over
B.on
C.in
D.up

As the two teams left the football ground, the 100,000 _______ gave them a standing ovation.




A.bystanders
B.spectators
C.viewers
D.audiences

Let’s do something to protect the environment, _______we?




A.needn’t
B.must
C.shall
D.will

While the language barrier was once an obstacle to trade________




A.the case doesn't longer exist
B.the technical case is now no more
C.which is no longer the case
D.the technical hurdle is now the case.

What the politician was saying fell on deaf ears last night.




A.No one took notice of what the politician was saying last night.
B.What the politician was saying deafened the listeners last night.
C.The politician fell deaf when he was speaking last night.
D.No one listened to what the politician was saying last night because they had deaf ears.

This estimated number was presented by _______.




A.a governmental office
B.the parents
C.home-schooled children
D.school teachers

A.emit
B.indeed
C.belong
D.private

It was an interesting novel. I stayed up all night to finish it.




A.The novel was so interesting that I stayed up all night to finish it.
B.Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.
C.I stayed up all night to finish the novel so it was interesting.
D.Unless it were an interesting novel, I would not stay up all night to finish it.

I was wakened by the sound of someone ________ on the door.




A.bumping
B.crashing
C.hitting
D.knocking