-.Would you help sweep the floor?

--________. I’d rather water the flowers.

A. Not particularly  B. Don’t mention it        C. Anything but that       D. With pleasure

Tom could do nothing but _______ to his mother that he was wrong.

A. admitting           B. admits                      C. admit                       D. admited

In order not to be disturbed, I spent three hours _______ in my study.

A. locking              B. locked                      C. to lock                            D. to be locked

People were puzzled ____ they read the book.

      A. the first time      B. at the first time          C. for the first time        D. at first

 (2010年煙臺(tái)二模)They landed safely on the island in the Pacific.Everything went on better than________.

A．expected                             B．expecting

C．expectation                          D．to expect

 (2010年煙臺(tái)檢測(cè))He is rather difficult to make friends with，but his friendship，________，is more true than any other’s.

A．once gained                         B．when to gain

C．a(chǎn)fter gaining                        D．while gaining

 (2011年濰坊質(zhì)量監(jiān)測(cè))When people cut down big trees，new trees should be planted.________they will have no trees to cut down in the future.

A．If not                           B．If so

C．If no so                        D．If don’t

 (2010年海南五校聯(lián)考)I have been living in Haikou for 10 years，but seldom________so lonely as now.

A．have I felt                                   B．I have felt

C．had I felt                                    D．I had felt

 (2010年湖北部分重點(diǎn)中學(xué)高三第一次聯(lián)考)Many a writer of newspaper articles ________ to writing novels.

A．has turned                           B．have turned

C．being turned                        D．a(chǎn)re going to turn

 (2010年南通二模)The policeman told me that I had passed the driving test and never in my life________so happy and excited.

A．I felt                            B．did I feel

C．I had felt                      D．had I felt