An opinion is ______ someone believes is true but has not been proved.

       A．what                   B．that                     C．which                 D．whether

---Did you reach the top of the mountain?

   ---Yes．Even I myself didn’t believe I could ______ it．

       A．work                  B．climb                  C．make                   D．get

---Thanks for your trouble．

   ---Not at all．I'm ______ pleased to help you．

       A．too much            B．too only              C．so much              D．only too

--- What bad luck that we ______ the football match in the last 3 minutes!

  --- Especially when we ______ so hard in the past two months．

       A．had lost; trained                                   B．lost; have been training              

       C．have lost; have trained                          D．were losing; had trained

Nearly a month had gone by ______ she showed some sign of giving in to her father．

       A．until                    B．before                 C．since                   D．a(chǎn)fter

When she came in, she found a stranger ______ at the back of the classroom with his eyes ______ upon her．

       A．sitting; fixing       B．sat; fixing            C．seating; fixed       D．seated; fixed

--- Will another fifty be enough?

  --- Just twenty will ______．

     A．work              B．do                  C．suit                D．fit

I have $50, but that isn’t ______ enough for my journey fare．

       A．a(chǎn)lmost                B．nearly                 C．hardly                D．mostly

My seat was next to ______ of the famous writers so I could ask for some advice from him about writing．

       A．it                        B．this                     C．that                     D．one

Henry has come in his raincoat and gumboots, ______ for rain．

       A．prepared              B．preparing             C．having prepared   D．prepares