As is known to all, Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city in the world, _______.

A. Paris is the largest           B. Paris being the largest

C. Paris to be the largest         D. Paris be the largest

The dinner party was a success, but we thought it was a pity not ________you.

A. invite          B. to invite               C. inviting        D. to have invited

This company is going to ________some 160 employees because of the drop in sales.

A. lay off         B. lay aside              C. lay down      D. lay out

Our teachers do believe that all the students in our school will do well in the coming college entrance examination, _______?

A. don’t theyB. will theyC. won’t theyD. do they

—So when did you meet Joan?

   —It was last Sunday _______ she came to visit my sister.

A. thatB. sinceC. whenD. Before

—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. somebodyC. somethingD. nothing

—Would you like to join us in the barbecue this Friday afternoon?

   —Sorry, _______.

A. I’d love toB. I’ll be tied up thenC. it all dependsD. I’m not interested

The charity sale our school organizes every year has taught us much. _______ we would never have learned it in class.

A. ThereforeB. MeanwhileC. OtherwiseD. Instead

Take some time to _______ your successes and failures.

A. account ofB. reflect onC. work outD. call up

Chinese vessels ________ 646,000 square kilometers in the southern Indian Ocean in search of the missing Malaysian flight MH370.

A. have covered B. have lookedC. has travelled   D. had searched