I. Choose the best answer.
( ) 1. — We are all here ______ Lily. Where's she?
— She's gone to the library.
A. beside B. besides C. except D. except for
( ) 2. What do people do when they ______ to each other?
A. have introduced B. introduced C. are introduced D. will introduce
( ) 3. James has ______ to Egypt. He will go there next week.
A. never been B. gone C. never gone D. been
( ) 4. Do you think if it will ______ long to prepare the project for them?
A. cost B. spend C. take D. get
( ) 5. Would you please ______ in the hospital?
A. keep quietly B. keep quiet C. keeping quiet D. kept quiet
( ) 6. Excuse me, but can you tell me ______?
A. where can I get to the library B. where I can get to the library
C. how can I get to the library D. how I can get to the library
( ) 7. The boy ______ his homework before his mother came back.
A. had finished B. finished C. is finishing D. finishes
( ) 8. Since I left school, I have kept in touch ______ my classmates by e-mail.
A. to B. for C. with D. of
( ) 9. ______ people died in the big earthquake.
A. Thousands of B. Thousand of C. Thousand D. Thousands
( ) 10. ______ nice it is to meet so many friends here!
A. What B. What a C. How a D. How
( ) 11. I ______ an experiment at 10 o'clock last night.
A. did B. have done C. am doing D. was doing
( ) 12. — David decided to come to visit Shanghai with us.
— ______.
A. Come on B. I'm sorry to hear that C. I'm glad to hear that D. Thank you