being late for the important conference，the secretary was fired．

    A．In reference to                                          B．In exchange for

    C．In case of                                                 D．On account of

          really matters is not whether you succeed or not，but rather whether you’11 try or not．

    A．What                   B． Whether             C．If                          D．Which

The Sanlu milk powder incident happened in September 2008,         many countries around the world paid close attention to．

    A．that                     B．when                   C．which                    D．what

－I’ve been working on this problem for a long time．But I still can’t  work it out．

－          You might as well do something else now．

    A．Cheer up              B．Take it easy           C．Come on                D．Never mind

We saw piles of goods containers lie on the port,         away．

    A．waited to be carried．                                 B．to wait to carry

    C．waiting to be carried                                   D．and waited for carrying

Luckily，the loss         great；otherwise，our company would have closed down．

    A．isn’t                   B．hadn’t  been        C．hasn’t  been          D．wasn’t

It’s  already 10 o'clock I wonder how it       that she was two hours late on such a short trip．

A．came over           B．came out              C．came about            D．came up

Little       that danger in the earthquake when they were busy saving their students．

      A．the teachers realized                                   B．the teachers didn’t  realize

      C．didn’t  the teachers realize                         D．did the teachers realize

According to the newly-made traffic regulation，whoever drives through red light       be fined at least 200 dollars．

      A．shall                    B．may                     C．would                    D．should

If you don't make up your mind to overcome your bad habits，you won’t  be able to     your goal．

      A．achieve                B．win                     C．gain                       D．require