____his house, we at once perceived him to be a man of taste.

I remember ________ to help us if we ever got into trouble.

A) once offering

B) him once offering

C) him to offer

D) to offer him

He says mat he ___________ his house cleaned once a month．

A.puts

B.has

C.keeps

It is futile to argue with him once he has made up his mind.

A．unpleasant

B．encouraging

C．helpful

D．useless

We ______ but we forgot his telephone number.

A．might have called him

B．would call him

C．called him ______

D．should call him

A．Give him a present for his birthday.

B．Be there early.

C．Kill the time.

D．Remind the man of the birthday.

A conclusion we cannot safely draw about the author's life in 1926 is that ______.

A．he was unmarried

B．he was miserable about having his plays rejected

C．he lived in a house like all the other houses around him

D．he started his first novel