The sixty-one-year-old woman _____________________ to send her grandson to the kindergarten __________ (正要……突然) the terrible earthquake with a strength of 8.0 happened. (about)

What measures have Western countries ________ to survive the ongoing international financial crisis (金融危机)?

       A. followed                   B. taken                        C. made                       D. had

The Beijing Olympic Games has been the biggest ________ Games in the world.

       A. live                          B. lively                        C. alive                         D. living

All too ________ it is time to go back to school after the wonderful winter holidays.

       A. often                        B. fast                          C. late                          D. soon

Wild animals ________ tigers and pandas are becoming rare.

       A. as follows                B. for example                     C. such as             D. for instance

Nowadays we can’t see dinosaurs because they ________ long long ago.

       A. gave out                   B. ran out                            C. went out                  D. died out

Whoever has________ sense knows that smoking is harmful to people’s health.

       A. normal                     B. general                     C. common                  D. usual

It is said that blood is thicker than water. So family ________ are always strong however far away the different family members live.

       A. relations                   B. ties                          C. relatives                   D. conditions

The sudden earthquake caused great ________ to people’s property（财产）, which will take them a long time to recover.

       A. damage                    B. destruction               C. loss                         D. harm

Motoman, the latest robot developed by Japanese scientists and skillfully cooked a pancake in an exhibition in Osaka earlier this month, showed it could ________ a kitchen.

       A. take over                  B. take off                    C. take up                     D. take in