In the traffic accident, his father came close to __________.

  A.be killed     B.killing       C.kill            D.being killed

 --- This returned Chinese scholar has become one of the top experts in this field.

   --- Yes, I know him very well. He_________in Africa on wild animals for eight years.

  A.has worked                    B.had worked   

C.worked                        D.has been working

 They turned out more than 1,000 washing machines, most of which ________quality.

  A.is good       B.are good      C.is of high      D.are of high

 --- Did you visit the zoo?

  --- No, we_______have visited it, but we spent too much time shopping.

  A.shouldn’t    B.can’t        C.could           D.must

 The letter from his girlfriend he had been looking forward to _________yesterday.

  A.came          B.comes         C.coming          D.come

 Jack, it’s________bad manners to blow your nose at________table.

  A.the; a        B.the; /        C./; the          D./; /

 --- What do you think of their marriage?

   --- _________, if I were Kate, I would not marry him.

  A.Generally speaking            B.Believe it or not

  C.To my surprise                D.To be honest

 He could not__________the fact that the money was found in his house.

  A.answer for    B.account for   C.leave for       D.care for

 These workers preferred to work extra hours at night_________leave the work until the next week.

  A.other than    B.more than     C.instead of      D.rather than

 ---I don’t think_________was reported in yesterday’s newspaper is true.

   ---Neither do I.

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