---Alice, you didn’t come to Tim’s birthday last night.
---I wished I had, but my parents just simply___ not let me out so late at night.
A. might B. should
C. would D. could
He states that good qualities such as honesty and self-discipline make ____he is today.
A. whom B. how C. what D. which
______ his solid evidence, the judge declared him innocent in court and set him free immediately afterwards.
A. Believing B. Have believed
C. Believed D. To believe
Some researches have proved that water quality ____ due to too many dams and pumps in some areas.
A. has been declined B. is being declined
C. is declining D. had been declining
Only when their private photos appeared on foreign magazines____ that they had been tracked by reporters.
A. the royal couple were aware B. were the royal couple aware
C. are the royal couple aware D. the royal couple are aware
After the earthquake I went there, I saw the whole town____, and now everything has changed.
A. in ruins B. in poverty
C. in disorder D. in rags
