For holding bricks and stones together, a bridge needs great deal of mortar, a mixture of sand, water, and cement (水泥). Here “mortar” means “___” in Chinese.

A. 工人 B. 机器 C. 砂浆 D. 电子设备

China, ____ one of the great four countries with ancient civilizations, is best-known _______ its great development in all the fields over the years.

A. as; as B. as; for

C. for; as D. for; for

_______ learning more and more about music, Tan Dun decided to use the sounds of nature in his works ______ musical instruments.

A. Because; instead B. Since; instead

C. As; instead of D. Because of; instead of

As students love ________, there will be a students’ art show at the school hall next week.

A. painting and film B. photography and painting

C. drama and pop music D. dance and drama

—Could you please tell me something about his performance in yesterday’s _____ show?

—Excellent! He is really has a great ______ for performance.

A. gift; talent B. gift; gift C. talent; talent D. talent; gift

—Your spoken English is all very good. How do you improve it?

—Thanks. Mrs. Wang always ask us to ____ conversations in our English classes.

A. take up B. turn up C. make up D. end up

—____ heavy snow! How can we go to work today? —___ it is snowing heavily, let’s walk instead of driving.

A. What; Because B. What a; Since C. How; As D. How a; Though

—Do you think the weather will ______ till the weekend? —Yes, I learned it from the CCTV news.

A. last B. not keep raining C. not last D. become colder

—What did your son say to you? —He asked me ___________________.

A. when would we go to Tainwan for a holiday B. who was America discovered by

C. how the life will be like in 500 years D. if he could play computer games after finishing his work

—Let’s watch the popular TV program “China Idol”, shall we? —_________. It has been over for some time.

A. Sounds great B. Yes, we shall C. I’m afraid not D. No, we shan’t