In our class, when the bell rang and the teacher closed his book, it was a ______ for everyone to stand up.

A. signal        B. chance          C. mark            D. measure

Suddenly we felt the _________atmosphere grow tense as neither of the sides would give in.

  A. atmosphere     B. state            C. situation   D. phenomenon

Chinese arts have won the______ of a lot of people outside China.

A. enjoyment              B. appreciation             C. entertainment         D. reputation

School children must be taught how to deal with dangerous             .

A. states          B. conditions                  C. situations                   D. positions

My morning _______includes jogging in the park and reading newspapers over breakfast.

A. drill      B. action      C. regulation      D. routine

I earn 10dollars ____hours as ____supermarket cashier on Saturday.

a,  an  B. the ,a C. an ,a  D . an ,the

He is____ friend of____  writer’s.

A．／：the    B．a；the    C．a；a    D a；／

The Spring Festival is ________unique day for families. It is also _______ day for special foods like niangao.

A. an, a           B. an, the         C. a, a           D. the, a

When he left ______ college, he got a job as ______ reporter in a newspaper office.

A. 不填; a     B. 不填; the　　C. a; the     D. the; the

Richard Powers’ The Echo Maker, ____ novel set in ___ small town of Kearney, Nebraska, US, has won the 57^th US National Book Award for fiction.

A. the; the         B. a; a;                C. a; the               D. /; the