1 . Taylor said: “_________ child as she is, Kate should put forward _________ most difficult question for us to answer.”

A．/; the

B．a; the

C．/; a

D．the; a

2 . Little ______ I know that the course of my life was about to change. (用适当的词填空)

3 . Never ________ on the evaluation of the price for the antique ________ to about 2,000 years ago.

A．did he back down; dating from

B．did he back down; dating back

C．he backed down; dating from

D．he backed down; dating back.

4 . Only when thousands of flowers bloom together _________.

A．spring will be considered here.

B．spring can be considered here

C．could spring be considering here

D．can spring be considered here

5 . It is all your fault. By no means ________ left alone at home.

A．a two-year-old should be

B．be a two-year-old should

C．should be a two-year-old

D．should a two-year-old be

6 . Next door to ours ______ an old man, who used to be the headmaster in our school.

A．lives

B．live

C．are living

D．is lived

7 . _________ that no one was ever prepared for it.

A．So suddenly did the bad news come	B．So suddenly the bad news came
C．So did the bad news come suddenly	D．Did the bad news come so suddenly

8 . He said before the whole class that only if we put our heart into our lessons _________ great progress.

A．we had made	B．we could make
C．could we make	D．have we made