Which of the following proverbs suits the gist of the story By heart best?
A. Look before your leap. B. Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
C. He laughs best, who laughs last. D. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
I don’t remember how many years ago ________ people began to grow crops.
A. it was when B. it was that C. was it when D. was it that
In those days, ________ ‘prizefighters’ because they fought with bare fists for prize money.
A. people called boxers B. boxers called C. boxers being called D. they were called boxers
The news reporters hurried to the airport, only ________ the film star had left.
A. to tell B. to be told C. telling D. told
________ (,) the proposal concerning health food production was rejected for the lack of fund required.
A. On the whole B. Hopefully C. Much to our regret D. What delights us most is
---We are too busy to take ________ holiday at ________ present.
---But I think we’ll be able to take ________ two weeks from now.
A. a; /; one B. the; /; that C. a; the; it D. a; /; the
