It ______ me three hours to finish the work.

A. pay       B.  took        C.spent        D. cost

Finally, Mary made the baby ______ and the baby began to laugh.

A. stop to cry    B. to stop crying

C. stop crying   D. to stop to cry

---I’m sorry to keep you waiting.

--- It doesn’t matter. I ____ here for only a few minutes.

A. have been        B. was

C. had been    D. will be

I find ____ difficult to study English well, though I am still young.

A. that        B. it         C. this    D .they

When we meet our friends, we get ________about something and end up______ in Chinese.

A. exciting ; speaking     B. exciting ;  speak

C. excited ; speaking  D. excited ; speak

The poor dog was________ when we found it. The bad weather killed it.

A.  dead         B. died       C. dying              D. die

________ old man in the white hat has _______ 18-year-old daughter.

A. The; a        B.A ; an

C. The; an     D. An ;an

— Is that old car______________?

—No, it used to belong to ________.

A. yours ; mine   B. you; my

C.  yours ;me    D.  your; me

—I hear that Lily’s brother is a worker here.

—Look, the man _________ is working over there is her brother.

A. whom           B. who            C. what            D. which

________ bad weather it is! It’s rainy for two weeks.

A. What          B. What a             C. How           D. How a