-- How many people are expected to come to your party tomorrow afternoon?
-- I send out thirty invitations but one third _____.
A. didn’t show up B. won’t show up
C. hadn’t showed up D. doesn’t show up
The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already ______ for a meal to be cooked.
A. laid B. laying C. to lay D. being laid
Life is like riding a bicycle. ______your balance, you must keep moving.
A. Keeping B. To keep
C. Keep D. Being kept
With time going by, we have come to realize that creativity is it takes to keep a nation highly competitive.
A. what B. how C. why D. that
A kind-hearted passenger paid for Tim’s ticket, without which he _____ the last train.
A. couldn’t have caught B. didn’t catch
C. couldn’t catch D. hadn’t caught
_____ increasing public discontent, the government is determined to push the bill through.
A. In terms of B. As a result of
C. In favor of D. In spite of
