[单项选择]There was a power cut this morning. ____, I couldn’t do anything with my computer.
A. Supposedly
B. Presumably
C. Consequently
D. Essentially

[单项选择]We hadn't expected a power cut so we were astonished when the whole house was ______. into darkness.
A. dived
B. plunged
C. drowned
D. dropped

[单项选择]As there was a power cut in the hospital, the surgeon had to ______ the operation.


A. call for
B. call on
C. call off
D. call up

[单项选择]I felt so embarrassed that I couldn't do anything but（　）there when I first met my present wife.
A. to sit
B. sitting
C. sat
D. sit

[单项选择]Yesterday I came （）so I couldn't call you
A. near  
B. nearly 
C. late   
D. lately

[单项选择]（）I felt bad, I couldn't control my temper
A. If   
B. Because
C. while  
D. Even

[单项选择]When I heard the noise in the next room, I couldn’t resist having a (peep) look.（　）
A. chance
B. visit
C. look
D. try

[单项选择]I tried phoning her office, but I couldn't（）.
A. get along
B. get on
C. get to
D. get through

[单项选择]I couldn't help but （） when I heard his story.
A. buckle
B. dilute
C. chuckle
D. bruise

[单项选择]I couldn't（）my brother that I was telling the truth.
A. convince
B. persuade
C. ensure
D. admit

[单项选择]I couldn't be mistaken; I ______ heard the loudspeaker calling passengers for the flight to New York.
A. distastefully B. distinctively
C. distinctly D. disgustingly

[单项选择]The moment I met her, I couldn't（　）her name.
A. memorize
B. remind
C. remember
D. recall

[填空题] As I held my father’s hands one night, I couldn’t help but notice their calluses(老茧）and roughness. His hands tell the story of his life as a ____16____ ,including all his struggles. One summer, I remember, a drought (旱灾）hit Ontario,turning it into a ____17____ desert.On one og those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last ____18____ from the grocery store.Fifty dozen was all we needed, which ____19____ took twenty minutes.That morning,however,the process didn’t ____20____ quickly.After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field,we ____21____ needed twenty dozen.I was completely frustrated and ____22____.Dropping the basket heavily, I declared, “If the store wants its last twenty dozen,they can pick it themselves1”Dad ____23____.“Just think,my little girl,only ten dozen left for each of us and then we’re ____24_____.” Such is Dad----whatever problem he ____25____,he never gives up. ____26____, the disastrous effects of the drought were felt
A. A．after
B．before
C．beside
D．under