How did you manage to get to the school on time _________you missed the school bus?
A. when B. if C. once D. because
—What do you think of Mrs. Smith?
—She is _______ of a good housewife, for her children’s room is always a terrible mess.
A. nobodyB. somebody
C. somethingD. nothing
The charity sale our school organizes every year has taught us much. _______ we would never have learned it in class.
A. ThereforeB. Meanwhile
C. OtherwiseD. Instead
As is known to all, Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city in the world, _____.
A. Paris is the largest B. Paris the largest
C. Paris to be the largest D. Paris be the largest
Chinese vessels ________ 646,000 square kilometers in the southern Indian Ocean in search of the missing Malaysian flight MH370.
A. have covered B. have looked
C. have travelledD. have reached
Some experts say _______ birthrate of Chinese, after the one-child policy is relaxed, can see _______ modest increase in future.
A. the; aB. a; a C. a; /D. the; the
