1 . 根据句意用下面短语填空

what if     What for     So what     How/What about

1. I grew anxious:__________the family had simply left the cat behind?
2. —Will you please go and empty that drawer?
—__________?
3. —Linda didn’t invite us to the party.
—__________? I don’t care.
4. ___________ meeting at the nearby restaurant so that we can have a nice small talk?

2 . 用 before, when, since, that 填空
1. It was two years ________he realized the truth.
2. It will be two years ________ the economic situation improves.
3. It was two years later ________ he realized the truth.
4. It is /has been two years ________ he lived here.
5. It was midnight ________ he arrived home.
6. It was at midnight ________ he arrived home.
7. It was not until midnight _______ he arrived home.

3 . 选词填空（spend/take/ cost/ pay）
1. It ________ me quite a long time to adapt to the new environment here.
2. The recorder ________ him 500 yuan. But I don’t think it’s worth that much.
3. J.K. Rowling ________ many hours over a single cup of coffee in a warm cafe in Edinburgh because she had no money to ________ for the heating at home.
4. It ________ years, of work to reduce the industrial pollution and clean the water.
5. The use of technology in the home is increasing, so is the time ________ in watching TV or playing the computer.