1.This book is rather too difficult for children.
2. The directors elected John manager of the bank.
3. He found them seated at the table, playing chess.
4. The old man was deep in thought with his eyes fixed on the photo.
5.He looked up the word in the English-Chinese dictionary to find out its exact meaning.
6. Only in this way can you hope to improve the situation there.
7. It’s impossible for her to buy a car with cash.
8. There goes the bell. Let’s begin our class.
9. We do have a school bus of our own.
10.Be sure to set aside half an hour each day for oral practice.
1.Another effort, and you are sure to enter a key university.
2. Don’t be careless again, or you won’t be aware of making the same mistake.
3. It was raining, therefore the picnic was postphoned.
4.She thought I was talking about her daughter, while, in fact, I was talking about my daughter.
5. Not only did he wash the car but he polished it.
6. Xiao Ming must be at home, for the lights are still on.
7. It was raining heavily at nine yesterday morning, so we didn’t go boating.
8. I was wandering in the street when I caught sight of a tailor’s shop.
9. Either she or you are right.
1.That the college will take in more new students this year is true. / It is true that…
2. The question is whether he has signed the contract.
3. He took it for granted that the expenses would be low.
4.Why do you think she burst into tears?
5. Whoever does it should do it well quickly.
6. The reason why he kept silent was that he had failed.
7. Word came that medical workers were badly needed at the front.
8. I don’t think that he will come this afternoon.
9. It’s important for us to form a good habit of studying.
10. There is no doubt that English now is one of the world’s most widely used languages.
1. The reason why he will not come to
2. The way (that / in which) he finished the work surprised all of us.
3. She changed her mind again, which made all of us angry.
1.Tired as he was, he stuck to his work.
2.Great scientist as he is, he remains modest and works as an ordinary teacher at college.
3. If you don’t want to run the risk of failure, you can have a try.
4. Our teacher told us to make a mark where we have questions.
5. The higher the bird flies, the less clearly we can see it.
6. He sat silently as though he was deep in thought.
7. The girl learned to play the piano not because she liked to play it, but because her parents forced her to.
1. It was on Teachers’ Day that I sent my English teacher a bunch of flowers to show her my respect.
2. It took several months to repair the road leading to the capital of the province.
3. I feel it easy to improve my pronunciation with the help of a tape recorder.
4.As is known to all the students, one should study at school for at least nine years till he graduates from a junior middle school.
5. I had hoped to arrive on time, but the flight was delayed because of a heavy fog.
6. Accept her invitation, or she will be offended.
7. Start early tomorrow morning, and you are sure to reach the town before lunch-time.
8. He says he prefers making money by doing a part-time job to borrowing money from his friends.
9. My opinion is that we should be clear about the advantages as well as the disadvantages.
10. The thief was just about to escape when the police arrived.
11. The top student got a very high score in the exam so that he was admitted by a famous university.
12. Walking across the street, the old man fixed his eyes on the traffic lights.
13. As the boy grew up, his parents became more and more disappointed with him.
14. I never allow smoking in the meeting-room; anyone who wants to smoke will have to stay away from the office building.
15. Is this the first time that you have been so sick?
16. We will stick to our research work even if nobody understands us at present.
17. The two strangers are talking as if they had been friends for many years.
18. Not until the fire was put out did the firemen leave the place.
19. Anyone who has been to the countryside knows that what you mentioned couldn’t have happened in the countryside of
20. Not only is the boy much taller than before, but he has become a very good student as well.
21.Most of the students working hard in our school are likely to enter good universities.
22. The textbooks being printed will take the place of the ones used last year.
23. They live in a big house, in front of which there is a garden.
24. I think it necessary to buy a big English-Chinese dictionary.
25. You must have lost something, or you would not look so worried.
26.It is reported that the forces of that country are attacking its neighboring country.
27. With the teacher’s help and encouragement, the students are making greater and greater progress.
28. Only when you understand this kind of knowledge can you learn it by heart.
29. It was a month before he returned, only to find his uncle gone.
30. If you had followed Mr. Zhang’s advice at that time, you would have avoided the trouble.
31.Seeing the children entering the hall with flowers in their hands, we all stood up.
32. Greatly disappointed at the result of the experiment, he had to start from the beginning again.
33. Whenever you are in need, you can ask for my help.
34. The subway to be completed soon will be one of the most important projects in
35. It’s not easy to make the river clean again, but our government has made up its mind to get rid of the pollution completely.
36. Don’t you think it rude of you to talk to your teacher like that?
37. It’s up to you what kind of job you are going to take. I hope you will not regret making your choice.
38. I suggested your reviewing the texts before you do the exercises. In this way you can avoid making many mistakes.
39. I lost my key to the bike, and it was nowhere to be found.
40. What can be done today should not be left over till tomorrow. Learning to make good use of time means making success.