1. We ________ there when it _______ to rain.
A. were getting, would begin B. were about to get, began
C. had got, had begun D. would get, began
2. None of the clocks in the old section of the city work any more, but they _____ perfectly.
A. were used to work B. were used to working
C. were used to be working D. used to work
3. -I usually go there by train. --Why not _____ by boat for a change?
A. to try going B. trying to go
C. try to go D. try going
4. I have formed the ______ of getting up early.
A. practice B. custom
C. habit D. way
5. We couldn't eat in a restaurant because ____ of us had ______ money on us.
A. all, no B. any, no
C. no one, any D. none, any
6. The number of the students taking part in the English Corner, _____ we had expected, was
well above two hundred.
A. that B. like C. whom D. as
7. I know he is an honest man. That is why I _____ him all the time. But I don't ______
what he told me just now.
A. believe, believe B. believe in, believe to
C. believe, believe in D. believe in, believe
8. This was ________ that I had seen it several times.
A. so an interesting film B. such an interesting film
C. such interesting a film D. so interesting an film
9. While he studied in America, he _____ many foreign friends.
A. took B. made C. keep D. recognized
10. I think ____ is possible for us to go to the moon some day.
A. that B. it C. this D. what