The manager insisted that the work ____ finished by the end of this month.
A.should be B.will be C.must be D.ought to be
My elder sister ____ me into buying the red mountain bike.
A.wanted B.advised C.persuaded D.told
Although I often send e-mails to Tom, I have never seen him _____________.
A.face to face B.in time C.at the moment D.hand in hand
The police asked him to _________what he had seen.
A.set about B.set down C.set up D.set out
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