1. It was quite a long time _______  I made it out what had happened. 

 A. after   

B. before 

C. when   

D. since

2. _______  she got the pay, she put it away in the bank. 

A. After   

B. As soon as

C. When   

D. Since

 

3. I was wandering through the street _______  I caught sight of a tailor’s shop.

A. after   

B. before 

C. when   

D. since

 

4. He was drinking juice _______  the rest of us

drank whisky.

A. after   

B. before 

C. while

D. since

 

5._______  you read the poem a second time, the meaning will become clearer to you.

A. After

B. Before

C. When 

D. Since

 

6. We walked along the seaside about two hours _______  we came to a fisherman’s village.

A. after   

B. before 

C. when   

D. since

 

7. The sailor stayed on the lonely island ____ a

ship passed there and saved him.

A. until

B.as soon as

C. when   

D. since

 

8. It was eight years_______  the Chinese people

drove off the Japanese aggressors.

A. after   

B. before 

C. when   

D. since

9. I had lived there for over thirty years ___________I wanted to return to my motherland again.

A. until           B. after           C. while               D. when

10. It was a long time _____________I went to sleep again.

A. when       B. while             C. before           D. until

11. It seemed only seconds ________ the boy finished washing his face.

A. when

B. before

C. after

D. even if

12. They didn't start the work ___ their teacher came back.

A. until

B. while

C. as soon as

D. if

13. Why do you want a new job __________you got such a good one already?

A. that          B. where            C. which             D. when

14. I won't believe you___ I have seen it with my own eyes.

A. before

B. until

C. after

D. when

 

15. Hardly had he reached the school gate ________ the bell rang.

A. while

B. when

C. as

D. as soon as

16. He was about to go to bed ________ the doorbell rang.

A. while

B. as

C. before

D. when

17. _____ John was watching TV, his wife was cooking.

A. As

B. As soon as

C. While

D. Till 

18. ___ he came to study in the university, he has made much progress in the study of English.

A. While

B. When

C. Since

D. After

19.  You should finish your lessons _______ you go out to play.

A. before

B. after

C. when

D. while

20. Peter likes reading a newspaper_________ he is having breakfast. 

A. until

B. while

C. because

D. though 

 

 

 

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