---Lucy, what were you doing at nine last night?
---I ___________ the piano. I usually practice the piano at that time.
A. play B. played
C. was playing D. am playing
---Did you talk back to your mother when you were a child?
---Yes. But now I realize I was wrong. I really regret ___________that silly thing to my mum.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. did
---We ordered beef noodles, but ___________ any beef in the noodles.
---Put on your glasses and you can see the beef.
A. there isn’t B. there is
C. there aren’t D. there are
---You come to school early every day. __________ is it from your home to school?
---It’s only about one kilometer.
A. How long B. How much
C. How many D. How far
---Did you catch the first subway this morning?
---No, I didn’t. It had started moving __________ I could get on it.
A. before B. since
C. after D. as soon as
---The passenger ship Eastern Star capsized(倾覆) in the Yangtze River on the evening of June 1st.
---____________ bad news! Can we do something to help with the rescue(救援)?
A. What a B. What
C. How a D. How
