The number of people in the party _____fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.
A．were; was B．was; was
C．was; were D．were; were
He asked us ________ we saw the lost cat or not.
A．that B．what C．which D．whether
After the exam, my teacher told me that failure ____ the mother of success.
A．was B．is C．be D．been
They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year, ________ they might have.
A．however difficult B．how difficult
C．whatever difficulty D．what difficulty
The school board is made up of parents who ________ to make decisions about school affairs.
A．had been elected B．had elected
C．have been elected D．have elected
It’s a ________ clock, made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century.
A．charming French small B．French small charming
C．small French charming D．charming small French
