[单项选择]______ it was getting late, we turned back.
[A] As [B] Lest [C] So

[单项选择]Speaker A, Well, it’s getting late. Maybe we could get together sometime.
Speaker B:（）.
A. Sounds good. I’ll give you a call
B. Take it easy
C. Nice to see you back
D. Yes, Pre enjoyed it

[单项选择]You（　） go home now. It’s getting late.
A. would rather
B. had rather
C. would better
D. had better

[单项选择]Miranda: It’s getting late. What time is the last subway train, Joe
Joe: I think it’s already gone.
Miranda: Are there any night buses
Joe: I’m not sure. Sorry.
Miranda: ______
Joe: Go ahead.
A. Do you mind if I stay here for the night
B. Do you mind if I use your phone to call a taxi
C. Could you give me a ride
D. Could you call a taxi for me

[单项选择]（） pretty late, we decided to leave at once, as we didn’t want to risk missing the last bus.
A. It being
B. Being
C. As is being
D. It was being

[简答题]It turned out that getting fired from that company ______. (对我来说是发生在我身上的最棒的事情).

[填空题]It was rather late when we came out the cinema. 76. _____
We all knew that the last train will leave at 11:50. So 77. ______
we ran as quick as we could to the station. 78. ______
It was just a quarter past 11 that we arrived 79. ______
in the station, but the trains often leave a 80. ______
little lately and there was a train at 81. ______
the platform. However we got on. We waited 82. ______
for half an hour, and then we got out. We find a 83. ______
station worker and asking when the train was 84. ______
going to leave. "Tomorrow, six o’clock," he 85. ______
said to us.

[单项选择]Why was I so late in getting home（　）.
A. My boss was working on the reports.
B. I would have to finish the reports before the end of next month.
C. I was directed to stay late and finish some work.

[单项选择]It （） now pretty late, we took our candles and retired to our room.
A. is
B. being
C. turned
D. got

[单项选择]______ late, we had to walk home.
A. Being
B. As we were
C. We being
D. having been

[填空题]I was late in getting to the cinema, but (fortunate)（）for me, the film was late too.