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

[判断题]
The late Pope had cured himself of Parkinson’s disease, thus moving a step closer to sainthood.

[单项选择]We were late as usual. My husband had insisted on watering the flowers in the garden by himself, and when he discovered that he couldn’t manage, he asked me for help at the last moment. So now we had an hour to get to the airport. Luckily, there were not many cars or buses on the road and we were able to get there just in time. We checked in and went straight to a big hall to wait for flight to be called. We waited and waited, but no announcement was made. We asked for information and the girl there told us that the plane hadn’t even arrived yet. In tile end, there was another announcement telling us that passengers waiting for Flight LJ108 could get a free meal voucher(凭单) and that the plane hadn’t left Spain for technical problems. We thought that meant that it wasn’t safe for the plane to fly. We waited again for a long time until late evening when we were asked to report again. This time we were given vouchers to spend the night in a nearby hotel.
The next morning after a bad

[单项选择]No sooner had we finished the conversation （） we heard a knock on the door.
A. when
B. then
C. than
D. until

[填空题]The last bus (go)（）, we had to walk home.

[单项选择]It（）be quite late now, we should go and catch the last bus.
A. can
B. must
C. would
D. may

[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]Scarcely had we settled ourselves in our seats in the theatre（）the curtain went up.
A. then
B. when
C. as
D. after

[填空题]Had we not used an out-of-date time table, we (not miss) ______ the train.

[单项选择]（　） had we sat down than the telephone rang.
A. Almost
B. No sooner
C. Hardly
D. Just

[填空题]______(最后一班车开走了), we had to walk home.

[填空题]Hardly had we come into the room when it (begin) ______ to rain.

[单项选择]No sooner had we started on the road （） it began to rain.
A. when
B. than
C. then
D. whenever

[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

[单项选择]No sooner had we reached the top of the hill __________ we all sat down to rest.
A. until
B. when
C. then
D. than

[单项选择]Hardly had we walked into the sitting room _______ the phone started ringing.
A. than
B. until
C. when
D. after