Exercise 4

A: Would you mind my sitting on the seat beside you, sir?
B: __________
1. Sure, with pleasure.
2. Yes, help yourself.
3. I m sorry, but it's taken.
4. Well, never mind.
A: What terrible weather! It ________for more than a week.
B: The rainy season will last about a month.
1. rains
2. will be raining
3. rained
4. has been raining
Fran is an honest girl; I say it, ________I don t like her.
1. even though
2. as if
3. as long as
4. as though
I don't know ________everyone in my class thinks I'm funny.
1. why is it which
2. why it is that
3. who is it which
4. who it is that
In the country, plenty of people are short of ________necessities of life ________food, water, medicine, etc.
1. basic; like
2. expensive; such as
3. ordinary; that is
4. peaceful; for example
During the working hours, all the doctors and nurses had to _________ masks because of the threat of SARS.
1. wear
2. put
3. dress
4. pull
The president, together with his bodyguards, ________to the nuclear station ________there was an accident 20 minutes ago.
1. have come; which
2. came; in which
3. has come; where
4. come; in which
Why do we have to ________Sue's bad behavior? We have to teach her to care for others.
1. get over with
2. keep up with
3. make up with
4. put up with
I didn't go anywhere last summer holiday, because I wouldn't be able to go on holiday with my mother ________ill.
1. was
2. be
3. being
4. to be
Twenty-four hours has passed after the explosion in the mine, but rescue efforts to recover the missing ________carried out.
1. are still being
2. have already been
3. are always
4. will soon be

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