It was already past midnight and only three young men ______in the house.

A.left            B.remained        C. delayed      D. deserted

— Obama won the election. It’s amazing!

— Yes. But the result was within ______ we had expected, ______ brought great joy to many young people and the black.

A. that; which                      B. that; that    

C. what; what                      D. what; which

_______that all mountain roads were closed.

A. So became the dangerous weather

B. So dangerous did the weather become

C. So dangerous became the weather

D. Dangerous the weather became so  

Mr Ascot, headmaster of the school, refused to accept ______of the three suggestions made by the Students’ Union.

A. either         B. neither           C. any           D. none

______ has already been pointed out, only by correcting mistakes, can you make progress.

       A．It     B．As     C．That  D．What

 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Policeman：Now， Jimmy， did you get a good view（看清） of the accident？

Jimmy：Oh， yes. I was standing outside the bank building and I saw it quite clearly.

Policeman：Do you know what time it was？

Jimmy：Yes.___1___ It was 2：45 exactly.  

Policeman：Good. ____2____

Jimmy：Well， quite slowly — about 10 miles an hour. It was coming up York Road. ____3____ But they were still red when he went over them.

Policeman：I see. ____4____ was it also driving slowly？

Jimmy：It was coming along Union Street about 30 miles per hour. It was a blue Toyota. ____5____

Policeman：Did you see what colour his traffic（交通） light was？

Jimmy：Yes， it changed to yellow just before he crossed it.

A. What about the car？

B. I checked my watch.

C. Didn‘t you see the car？

D. Now，how fast was the truck moving？

E. Was the car going beyond the speed limit？

F. I suppose the truck driver knew the lights were going to change.

G. The driver stopped his car when he saw the truck crossing the street.

．—Do you think_____     worthwhile to go all the way to Los Angles to buy that computer?

—Well ,I’m going to visit some relatives, too.  

A．it      B．/       C．this   D．that

People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the ___1___ it is to do so, in theory it is that, ___2___, in my opinion, that refers to spoken language. Capability(能力) to practice some essential(基本的) ___3___ of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work ___4___. So spending money to help ___5___ learn English may ___6___ with disappointment. It is likely that the more you ___7___, the more you are let down. 

The daughter of one of my friends ___8___ English in primary school, ___9___ her foreign teacher’s blindness ___10___ psychology(心理学). She did not want to go on ___11___ English until middle school, ___12___ a college student studying in English slowly ___13___ her interest in the language.

It is better to have the child learn Chinese, than to have some difficulty ___14___ learning English for several years. Having been engaged in English education, ___15___ find that despite(不管) their excellent ___16___, many students have ___17___ command(掌握) of English words and phrases. So I suggest that children ___18___ classical Chinese prose(散文), rather than ___19___ them to learn English hurriedly. Otherwise, they may ___20___ the best time to improve the language ability of their mother tongue.

1. A. easy                 B. difficult        C. easier              D. more difficult

2. A. but            B. however       C. though             D. yet

3. A. opinions       B. regards         C. requests           D. expressions

4. A. directly        B. orally           C. properly          D. indirectly

5. A. people          B. girls                 C. children           D. boys

6. A. begin           B. start                 C. finish              D. end

7. A. pay           B. get            C. buy              D. take

8. A. loved           B. liked            C. disliked           D. learned

9. A. because of     B. because         C. instead of            D. instead

10. A. of           B. at              C. in                 D. to

11. A. learning             B. to learn         C. with learning       D. for learning

12. A. while          B. where           C. when               D. as

13. A. introduced     B. practiced       C. explained            D. developed

14. A. in            B. to              C. at                 D. of

15. A. He                 B.I                C. She              D. They

16. A. pronunciation  B. phrase         C. language          D. writing

17. A. few            B. less           C. little                D. fewer

18. A. write          B. do             C. remember           D. memorize

19. A. have           B. let             C. cause               D. make

20. A. get back         B. let go           C. bring in           D. go away

_______, his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting.

A. Strange as might it sound                               B. As it might sound strange

C. As strange it might sound                                       D. Strange as it might sound  

______ you eat the correct foods ______ be able to keep fit and stay healthy.

A. only if; will you                                      B. Only if; you will  

C. Unless; will you                                      D. Unless; you will