* 1.I should not have laughed if I you were serious.

* 2,When I first met Bryan I didn't like him, butl my mind.

* 3.As more and more cars are produced and used,so the from their exhaust-pipes contains an even larger volume of poisonous gas.

* 4.He soon received promotion, for his superiors realized that he was a man of considerable

* 5.They were so far away that I couldn't their faces clearly.

* 6.Mr.Smith gradually a knowledge of the subject.

* 7.Circus tigers, although they have been tamed,can attack their trainer.

* 8.I could tell he was surprised from the on his face.

* 9.No one imagined that the apparently businessman was really a criminal.

* 10. he a synopsis of a story _ he would summon a crowd of his friends to his house and read it aloud to them.

* 11.Forgotten something? I can keep an eye on your kids if you want to go and get it.- Thank you all the same.

* 12.It was not until near the end of the letter she mentioned her own plan.

* 13.High interest rates _ people from borrowing money.

* 14."You can't judge a book by its cover," .

* 15.-Could I use your car tomorrow morning?-Sure.I a report at home.

* 16、The map was drawn to the standard of 1/100,000, so there was not much detail.

* 17.- It rained cats and dogs this morning. I'm glad we took an umbrella.- Yeah, we would have got wet all over if we

* 18, The lorry driver was badly when his lorry crashed into a wall.

* 19.My uncle hasn't been able to quit smoking,but at least he has _ .

* 20. the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.

* 21.The climbers _ their ambition by reaching the summit of the mountain.

* 22.On Monday mornings it usually _ me an hours to drive to work although the actual distance is only 20 miles.

* 23.In the global economy, a new drug for cancer, it is discovered, will create many economic possibilities around the world.

* 24.When I arrived in this country, I had to start learning the language from .

* 25.I'm afraid you have no _ but to come along with us.