—What were you doing when she dropped in?

    —I for a while and_________ some reading.

     A. was playing; was going to do   B. played; did

     C. had played; was going to do    D. had played; did

He__________ he would be able to leave tomorrow, but it's beginning to took difficult.

   A. hopes     B. was hoping     C. had hoped     D. hoped

She had golden hair when she was a child, but_________ she got older and older, her hair went darker and darker.

   A. while       B. when           C. after       D. as

Shirley _____ a book about China last year, but I don't know whether she has finished it.

A. has written 　　B. wrote 　 C. had written 　D. was writing

He ________ more than 5,000 English words when he entered the university at the age of 15.

A. has learned     B. would have learned    C. learned       D. had learned

— Beijing or Shanghai? What did you mean?  

— We were talking about _______ go to college.

A. how to   B. where to    C. whether to  D. when to

 It is said that the famous football star is now willing to play for______ would pay him three million dollars a year. 

 A. anyone      B. whomever   C. no matter who     D. whoever

______ the Chinese have been to Beijing.

　 A. None of 　 B. All      C. Not all 　 D. No

He was named Robert _____ his father by mother.

　 A. to 　 B. upon  C. after 　 D. under

He usually goes to work on time _______.

　 A. except for raining days 　 B. besides it rains

　 C. but that it rains 　       D. except on rainy days