(大连市高三双基测试卷)Hoping to be stronger to compete with the world’s best, Murry has put on about 4 kg by eating twice as much as his _______ amount.

  A. common            B. ordinary           C. formal           D. usual

—Recent pressure at work may ______ his behavior.

    A. account for     B. make for      C. change for          D. stand for

 My uncle moved to London ______.

       A．in the fifties     B．in the 1980s     C．in his fifty       D．in 1990s

I’m sure you’d rather she went to school by bus, ______?

A. hadn’t you        B. wouldn’t you      C. aren’t I           D. didn’t she

The dying old man opened his mouth as if_______something.

A. to say  B. saying  C. to have said D. was saying

He _____ have completed his work; otherwise, he wouldn’t be enjoying himself by the seaside.

A. should        B. must         C. wouldn’t         D. can’t

You can't imagine the hard time he had ______ the horse in.

   A. holding        B. to hold       C. held      D. hold

— I say, Harry, What did you say to the laid –off worker just now ?

— Nothing, I ______ to myself.

A. had only talked      B. am only talking      C. have just talked     D. was just talking

My uncle ______ until he was forty –five.

A. married        B. didn’t marry       C. was not marrying       D. would marry

 It rained nonstop for ten days , completely       our holiday.

   A. to ruin                   B. ruined                  C. having ruined       D. ruining