As a new graduate, he doesn’t know _______ it takes to start a new business.

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

 Did Jack take the doctor’s advice that he ________ in bed for a couple of days?

   A. lies        B. lay       C. lie       D. laid

 Over the past decades, sea ice _______ in the Arctic as a result of global warming.

   A. had decreased       B.decreased       C. has been decreasing      D. is decreasing

 This restaurant has become popular for its wide _______ of foods that suit all tastes and pockets.

   A. division        B.area          C.range        D. circle

---- How do you find your new classmates?

    ----Most of them are kind, but _______ is so good to me as Bruce.

   A. none        B. no one        C. everyone        D. someone

 ____ in a branch of the tree ___ a note which read "I'll meet you at the School Gate".

   A. Sticking; was there            B. Stick; was there

   C. To stick; was                  D. Stuck; was

 I _____not thank you too much for your help.

   A. may        B. can         C. should        D. will

 A new virus related to SARS is reported______ at least one person in China last week.

   A. to kill        B. to be killing    C. to have killed          D. kill

 My seat is next to _____ of the famous writer so I could ask for some advice from him about writing.

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

 ---Tom is such a stupid student that he had failed in every exam.

   ---Sorry, I won’t agree. He is ________ than stupid.

A. lazier                  B. no lazier            C. more lazy         D. lazier rather