Alice had graduated from university and ____as a volunteer in the countryside when I contacted her last year.
A. has been working B. was working C. has worked D. had worked
---I Love the movie Venom so much!
---Me too. The box office is reported ____approximately $2 billion.
A. reaching B. having reached C. to reach D. to have reached
____in smog as the pollution worsened, many cities of the Yangtze River Delta region had to close several freeways.
A. Blanketed B. Having blanketed C. Being blanketed D. Blanketing
Owing to his fault Kiprop is banned from training, ____competing, with other athletes.
A. regardless of B. in favor of C. in regard to D. let alone
Without the ticket you gave to me, I ____able to go to the concert tomorrow.
A. weren’t B. won’t be
C. wouldn’t be D. wouldn’t have been
In fact, customers’ relatively optimistic comments ____the awful pain of the auto company.
A. shelter B. mask C. expand D. guarantee
