1、It was _____ that we went for a picnic in the country.

2、I don’t think that Jack will come tomorrow morning, _________ ?

3、By the end of next month I ______ here for five years.

4、Much research _______ into the possible causes of the disease in the past few years.

5、The manager would rather his daughter _____ in the same company.

6、Mike promised to keep me ______ how our business was going on.

7、I have no objection ______ for a hike on the mountains with Cynthia.

8、____ a teacher in our college, it is necessary to have at least a master’s degree.

9、All the task ______ ahead of time, we planned to go on holiday for a week.

10、Not until the game had begun ______ the sports ground.

11、I didn’t send out my application form last week, but I ________.

12、I will give the ticket to _______ wants to have it.

13、The reason _______ I did not go to the lecture yesterday was that I had something important to do.

14、Be careful with those explosives _______ end up killing ourselves.

15、I don’t play basketball any more, _________ when I was a child.

16、Living here at the top of the mountain with no one else near, the old man must be very ____.

17、Her name was on the waiting list for an emergency liver transplant, but no organ would be ______ for a month or two.

18、____ could give an old man greater pleasure than to imagine he was back in childhood again.

19、Many television _____ seem to enjoy watching the World Cup.D

20、To her ____ the men in her classes didn’t deliberately try to embarrass her but accepted her as a fellow student.

21、The classroom was silent _____ the busy scratching of pens on paper.

22、____ publishing complete novels, he began to write stories in serial form.

23、The man loves nature and the soil. That is why he has bought a piece of land in the country and __________ to grow his own vegetables.

24、No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t ______ of what the old woman said.

25、The teacher told us that we didn’t have to _____ every new word we ran into when reading.

26、When he wrote to his father that he wanted to ____ his education and get married, his father cut off his allowance.

27、His speech was warmly received. It was several minutes before the applause _______.

28、Mr. Zhang makes _____ a point to keep up with the latest development in his field.

29、In many countries now seat belts are _____ for the driver and front seat passengers at least.

30、The imbalance between males and females could ______ serious consequences.