The girl ______ the toy carefully and was sure it was not the one she had lost.

A. examined B. noticed

C. observed D. proved

______ the little kid wanted to do something himself made his parents very happy.

A. That B. /

C. What D. Where

________ is required that every employee here be able to use a computer and speak good English.

A. Which B. What C. As D. It

Lily is so shy that whenever she is introduced to strangers, she always ______ at them quickly and then looks down at the ground.

A. stares B. glances

C. laughs D. points

I will ______ Tom as soon as possible when I have enough money. I don’t want to be in debt for too long.

A. give back B. give up

C. pay back D. pay up

I wonder why you failed so many of the questions. Only the first question was difficult, but the rest, I thought, ______ very easy.

A. is B. are

C. was D. were

You’re our manager, so ______ or not you’ll attend today’s meeting is very important.

A. / B. what C. if D. whether

Why do you turn off the light in the room? We are in total ______ now and I can’t see anything.

A. silence B. darkness C. progress D. charge

David left word with my secretary ________ he would call on me in the afternoon.

A. who B. that C. where D. which

—You haven’t returned my chemistry textbook yet.

—I know, but I ________ it for five days.

A. will have been looking for

B. have been looking for

C. will be looking for

D. had looked for