1. It was until last year hat he ________.

A.left his home town for a new start

B. came to realize the importance of learning English

C. worked as an English teacher at a middle school

D. set out to build a new house of his own

2. A telephone call ______ him hurrying to his home town .

A. made

B. force

C. sent

D. let

3. ----- Did you have ______ difficulty talking to the foreigner ?

----- No. I only could not follow him when he spoke too fast .

A. any

B. a

C. some

D. much

4. The old lady has never ________ the house since she moved in.

A. been away

B. left

C. lived

D. stayed at

5. ----- We’re sure of winning the match.

----- _______.　We’ll meet our match.

A. Don’t be so sure

B. So are we

C. It’s out of question

D. I think so

6. I have no one ______ me , for I can deal with it all by myself .

A. help

B. to help

C. helped

D. to have helped

7. I’d ________ them to stay at home the whole day.

A. rather

B. better

C. prefer

D. agree

8. A new English -Chinese dictionary will soon ________ out .

A. work

B. come

C. give

D. hand