[单项选择]—Mum, I've been studying English since 8 o'clock.（）I go out and play with Tom for a while
—No, I'm afraid not. Besides, it's raining outside now.
A. Can't
B. Wouldn't
C. May not
D. Won't

[单项选择]—Mum, I've been studying English since 8 o'clock. ______ I go out and play with Tom for a while
—No, I'm afraid not. Besides, it's raining outside now.

[单项选择]If you have really been studying English for so long, it's about time you______ able to write letters in English.


A. should be
B. were
C. must be
D. are

[单项选择]We are studying English hard ______ our country better in the future.
A. serve
B. to serve
C. serving
D. served

[单项选择](Even though) he (had been studying) English for three years (before) he came to England, it is still difficult for him to make himself (understand).


A. Even though
B. had been studying
C. before
D. understand

[单项选择]Man: I've been working out at the gym since January so… I'd been wanting to get in better shape.
Woman: You look terrific! Seems like all your hard work has paid off.
Question: What does the woman mean
A. The man paid a lot to join the gym.
B. The man has been working too hard.
C. The man has improved his physical condition.
D. The man should ask for more pay.

[单项选择]—John, you've never been to the Great Wall since you came to China, I'm afraid.
—______

[单项选择]In order to make myself（）in English, I am studying hard.
A. understand
B. understanding
C. to understand
D. understood

[单项选择]Since everything has been settled, I have nothing ______ to say.
A. any most
B. less
C. further
D. enough

[单项选择]______ English, she is studying Japanese and French.


A. Except
B. Except for
C. Beside
D. Besides

[单项选择]More has been learned since 1945 about the chemical changes in the body than in all human history before ______ time.
A. in
B. that
C. which
D. the

[单项选择]Passage Three It has been two decades since the fate of a bashful bird that most people had never seen came to symbolize the bitter divide over whether to save or saw down the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest. Yet it was not until Thursday that the federal government offered its final plan to prevent the bird, the northern spotted owl, from going extinct. After repeated revisions, constant court fights and shifting science, the Fish and Wildlife Service presented a plan that addresses a range of threats to the owl, including some that few imagined when it was listed as a threatened species in 1990. The newer threats include climate change and the arrival of a formidable feathered competitor, the barred owl, in the soaring old-growth evergreens of Washington, Oregon and California where spotted owls nest and hunt. One experiment included in the plan: shooting hundreds of barred owls to see whether that helps spotted owls recover. Even after all these yea
A. save Northern spotted owl
B. save the Northwest forest
C. list environmental threats to the Northern spotted owl
D. list the Northern spotted owl as a threatened species