____of the land in that district ____ covered with trees and grass.

A. Two-fifth…is  B. Two-fifth…are  C. Two-fifths…is  D. Two-fifths…are

____ said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in English.

A. It’s      B. There are    C. People     D. What

The number of people present at the sports meeting ____ than we had expected .

A. is much more  B. are much more  C. is much larger D. are much larger

 Luckily, we’d brought a road map without ____ we would have lost our way in the forest.

A. it      B. that      C. this     D. which

Maggie’s house is opposite to mine; we see each other ____.

A. a great deal  B. a lot of    C. a great many  D. a number of

The figure 205 ____ the fifth power of twenty or twenty to the fifth power.

A. should read           B. is read                  C. must read                D. read

After supper the old lady would sit down by the fire, sometimes for ____ an hour, thinking of her young and happy days.

A. as long as   B. as soon as   C. as far as    D. as many as

Robin ____ volleyball quite well, but he hasn’t had time to play since he entered senior high school.

A. plays     B. have played   C. used to play   D. would play

He happened ____ in the field when the earthquake broke out.

A. to be working   B. to work    C. working    D. worked

The boxing game, ____ over 2000 years ago, didn’t include women until ____ late 60’s.

A. first playing; /   B. to be first played; the  C. first played; the  D. first to play; /