—What do you think of the speech?     —The speaker said ___ nothing worth ___

A. nearly; listening to B. hardly; listening  C. scarcely; listening  D. almost; listening to

I’ll spend the evening ______ in your room waiting for the thief to arrive.

  A. locking      B. in locking     C. being locked   D. blocked

The knife and fork ____ different uses at meals, and every westerner has ____ knife

and fork.

  A. have; the      B. have; a        C. has; the         D. has; a

Although the first part is easy the rest ____.

  A. is supposed difficult    B. are difficult

  C. has proved difficult    D. could have been difficult

When ___ this medicine, it is a good idea to avoid ______ alcohol.

  A. taking; drinking  B. taken; drinking   C. taking; to drink   D. taken; to drink

. Why didn’t you come? Haven’t you __________?

  A. allowed  B. promised  C. invited  D. agreed

The waterfall can be seen _ __. Its sound may be heard __ two miles. It looks even more beautiful____.

  A. at a distance; in a distance of ; from a distance

  B. from a distance; in the distance of; at a distance

  C. in the distance; from a distance; at a distance

  D. in the distance; at a distance of; from a distance

Hu Mei, ___ daughter of a teacher’s family, was made ___ monitor of the class at the meeting.

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

He left his hometown, _____ never to come back again.

A. was determined     B. being determined        C. determined       D. and determined

I have no dreams          to have a happy life.  

A. rather than B. more than   C. other than            D. less than