_____ you’re early you can’t be sure of getting a seat.
If
Unless
When
Because
Before the guests come, I must get the glasses ______.
washed
to be washed
being washed
to wash
Charles Babbage is generally considered ______ the first computers.
to invent
inventing
to have invented
having invented
You don’t know about the difficulty I had ______the work then at all.
done
to do
for doing
in doing
- How did you pay the workers?
-As a rule, they were paid by_______.
the hour
an hour
hour
the time
The river here is very wide but__________, so you can walk across it.
narrow
arrow
shallow
hollow
Our failure __________ourselves to modem life often causes us trouble in our work.
to adopt
to apply
to adapt
to act
He began by showing us where the country was and went on__________us about its climate.
telling
to tell
to telling
to be told
We hurried to the station __________ find ourselves three hours earlier for the train.
only to
in order to
so as to
such as to
Who can it be? I'm quite __________ a loss to guess.
of
on
in
at
_________ Japanese, she has to study another foreign language.
Except
Except for
In addition to
Beside
Each term our professors would__________a list of books for us to
read.
hand in
give away
pass out
write out
How can you__________her offer? I'm afraid she will feel hurt.
turn out
turn up
turn down
turn away
My suggestion yesterday was that a meeting ______ to discuss the matter.
should hold
must be held
would be held
be held
In no case __________ the students from exploring new ideas.
we should prevent
we could prevent
should we prevent
shouldn't we prevent
Is there any possibility Of getting the price __________ further?
reduced
reduce
reducing
be reduced
__________, a form must be filled in.
If you want to get this job
In order to get this job
Making request for this job
To ask for this job
In fact, I would rather have left for the countryside __________ at home.
by staying
than staying
than to stay
than have stayed
The goods __________ when we arrived at the airport.
were just unloading
were just been unloading
had just unloaded
were just being unloaded