[单项选择]______he realized it was already too late for us to return home.
A. No sooner it grew dark when
B. Hardly it grew dark than
C. It was not until dark that
D. Scarcely it grew dark than

[填空题]He’s late. He (must miss) ______ the train.

[填空题]It is no good ______ (stay) up late too often.

[单项选择]Why was he late
A. Laziness.
B. Missed the bus.
C. Car trouble.
D. Heavy traffic.

[单项选择]He got home two hours late and said he had been（）in the office by business.
A. detached
B. detained
C. obstructed
D. obsessed

[填空题]His boss (warn)（）him that if he was late again, he would lose his job.

[填空题]He runs very fast. His brother runs fast too. He runs ______ his brother does.

[填空题]

Why was the prisoner late one night He was late because he was invited to have a meal and{{U}} {{/U}}.

[单项选择]A. He arrived very late. B. He spent two hours going there.
C. He missed the show. D. He showed the woman around the campus.

[填空题]

When did he awake
It was late（）when he awoke.

[填空题]He runs very fast. His brother runs fast too.
He runs ______ his brother does.

[单项选择]One Friday morning Mike gets up late. When he gets to the door of the classroom, Mr. Green, his math teacher, says, "You are late again. Now how many times are you late this week"
"Three times," says Mike.
"Why are you late for class"
"Because I get up late."
"Why don’t you go to bed early" asks the teacher.
"It isn’t my fault, Mr. Green. The TV play is over at about eleven." says Mike.
"Now please give me your homework." says the teacher.
"I’m sorry, I can’t do it." says Mike.
"But why can’t you do it" asks the teacher.
"Because the first part of the homework is too easy. I don’t think I need to do it. The second part is not easy. I can’t work it out. So I can’t do it," says Mike again.
Mike doesn’t do his homework because he doesn’t know how to do it.
[A] True. [B] False.