12、------How come you are late for class again?  ------___.

A. Because I missed the bus  B. On foot.  C. Please excuse me  D. It’s quite wrong

11、 ------The weather is too cold ____ March this year.

------ It was still ____ when I came here years ago.

A. for; colder     B. in; cold      C. in; hot      D. for; hotter

10、 There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, _____ a sudden loud noise.

A. being there    B. there being    C. should there be    D. there was

9、 I should very much like to have gone to the party, but______.

A. I'm not invited        B.I won't be among the invited　

C. they won't invite me    D. they didn't invite me

8、 It’s nearly 5 years since I worked in the company. I _____ in a school.

A．taught        B．was teaching   C．am teaching          D．had been teaching

7、Sometimes it was a bit boring to work there because there wasn’t always _____ much to do. 

A. such         B. that     C. more       D. very

6、Now that we've discussed our problem，are people happy with the decisions ______？

A. taking    　      B. take         C. taken    　     D. to take

5、Is there a shop around _____ we can buy some toilet articles?

A. that 　              B. which                  C. where　           D. what

4、Had he ____  her promise, she would have made it to Yale University.

A. looked up to       B. lived up to      C. kept up with     D. come up with

3、Just as the clothes a person wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time, his house ____ his personality.

A. resembles          B. strengthens          C. reflects        D. shapes