The wine industry in the area has developed in a special way, ____ little foreign ownership. 

A. by     B. of     C. with       D. from  

Tom began to learn Russian by himself in _____.

    A. the fifty                 B. the fifties    

    C. his fifties               D. his fifty

_____ Mr. Brown’s anger, it was his own son who didn’t agree with him.

  　A. To          B. From          C. With         D. For

I caught the last bus from town, but Harry came home___________ that night.

very late     B. even later    C. the same late   D. the last one

Mrs. Green wants to buy that kind of cloth because she___________ that the cloth__________ very well.

A. has been told;washes             B. is told;is washed

C. has been told ;is washed          D. is told ;is washed

There are plenty of jobs ______ in the western part of the country.

A. present        B. available       C. precious        D. convenient

The old lady’s hand shook frequently. She explained to her doctor ____this shaking had begun half a year before, and ____, only because of this, she had been forced to give up her job.

A. when; how     B. how; when     C. how; how      D. why; why

—John is very  ______ .

—if he promises to do something he’ll do it.

A. independent B. confident C. reliable  D. flexible

It was _____ computer games that cost the boy a lot of time that he ought to have spent on his lessons.

    A. to have played            B. playing

    C. played                    D. having played

The sun was shining brightly, _____ everything there _____ more beautiful.

  　A. making; looks      

    B. to make; looked 

    C. and made; looking 

    D. and making; be looked