After being．discovered by Dutch explorers in 1606，the eastern half of Australia_____by the British in 1770．

A．was claimed    B．claimed             C．was claiming    D．has been claimed

.There was a ______ of complaints from the press about the bad language used in the special TV show.

A.plenty                       B.flood                        C.many                        D.group

He must be in the park , ____ ?

A . must not he     B . isn''t be     C . needn''t he     D . doesn''t he

In Britain today women ________ 44% of the work force,and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.?

A.build up                                  B.stand for

C.make up                           D.go up

I am afraid I am not fit that job,for it is one ________ much patience,which I lack.?

A.calling up                         B.calling off?

C.calling for                        D.calling in

I wanted two seats ________Madame Curie for Friday night,so I rang the cinema to see if I could book two tickets.?

A.of                      B.about                 C.to               D.for

During their ten-day vacation,they traveled to England ________their own expense.?

A.in                      B.for                     C.with                   D.at

The houses in this village are______built of bricks.

A.most                         B.almost                       C.mostly                      D.nearly

—Why don’t we take a little break??

—Didn’t we just have _________??

A.it                       B.that                    C.one                    D.this?

We had three sets of garden tools and we seemed to have no use for

_________.

A.none                  B.either                 C.any                    D.each?