______ your help,I got the first in the final-term English examination.

A.Thanks to                                                     B.Without

C.If not                                                           D.But for

John, a friend of mine, who got married only last week, spent ＄3,000 more than he______for the wedding.

A. will plan       B. has planned     C. would plan       D. had planned

---Will you lend me some money?

        ---Sorry, mine_____.

A. has run out    B. were used up   C. has been run out  D. gave out

_____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.

        A. In spite of    B. But for    C. Because of    D. As for

The secretary and principal ________ at the meeting now.

A.are speaking                                                        B.is speaking

C.were making a speech                                    D.have a speech

This area experienced. ___ heaviest rainfall in _____month of May.

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

–Bruce, I really appreciate your handwriting.

- _______.        .

A. I practice every day                B. Thank you very much

C. No, I don’t think so                 D. Well, it’s not good enough

Recently CCTV Station has taken great pains to make a program that reviews the   important_____0f 2008.

 A. affairs        B. events           C. matters       D. things

More and more people choose to shop in a supermarket as it offers a great _______of goods.

A. variety                    B. mixture            C. extension                          D. combination

At the meeting they discussed three different  ______to the study of mathematics.

     A. approaches        B. means             C. methods             D. ways