My lawyer advised me ___________________ anything further about the accident 

My friend ___________________ for 4 hours before he arrives.

On hearing that she failed the entrance exam, Hanh couldn’t help _______ into tears.

After my husband ___________________ his work, he went straight home.

The total cost to renovate the building was $20 million, _________ double the original estimate.

After the flood, all the drains were overflowing _________ storm water.

I walked away as calmly as I could. _________, they would have thought I was a thief.

In most _________developed countries, over 50% of _________ population attends higher education at some time in their lives.

How well people remember things _________on many different factors.

It was _________we couldn’t stop laughing.

A. such a funny story that

B. so a funny story that

C. a very funny story that

D. so a laughing story that 

The girl proposed that their group leader _________a camping trip.

We have a party tonight and Mary is worried about _________.

Never in my life _________ such an intelligent boy.

I would sooner you _________your phone in the meeting.

I don’t remember _________ of your decision to change our plan.

If you are _________ with your goods, contact us within a week of receipt, and we will refund your money in full.

A. not completely satisfied

B. not completely satisfying

C. not completely satisfactory

D. not satisfied completely 

Okay, I _________ the tickets if you buy the drinks.

She used to work here as a nurse, _________she?

How can the manager act _________nothing had happened?

Not until a monkey is several years old _________ to exhibit signs of independence from its mother.

I read the essay again and again _________ avoiding making spelling mistakes.

Rarely have I visited _________ Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.

A. as a beautiful city as

B. as beautiful a city as

C. as beautiful as the city

D. as a city as beautiful as 

Not only _________ the exam but she also got a scholarship.

Linda had a problem with her finances, so we talked _________.

We put his success _________his efforts.

By 1820, there were over sixty steamboats on the Mississippi river, _________ were quite luxurious.

Such a doctor _________retire from his job before the retirement age.

No matter _________, he was an accomplished composer while still a child.

A. how it seems remarkable

B. how remarkable it seems

C. it seems remarkable how

D. how seems it remarkable 

He lifted the phone receiver, _________slightly.

A. his hands trembling

B. his hands were trembling

C. his hands trembled

D. with his hands trembling 

If we leave here now, we can drive half the distance before we stop _________lunch.

When the weather was very hot in summer, sales of bottles of water went _________the roof.

Genetically, the chimpanzee is more similar to humans _________.          

A. are than any other animal

B. than any other animal

C. any other animal is

D. and any other animal is 

_________ his good work and manners, he didn’t get a promotion.

To _________ should I write if I want to make a complaint?

There has been little rain in this region for several months, _________?

_________no taxi, they had to walk home.

A. There was

B. There being

C. Because there being

D. There is 

All _________ we had been told turned out to be untrue.

Many ambulances took _________ injured to a nearby hospital.