Li Na, _____ most famous Chinese tennis player, narrowly missed the championship in Australia for _____ second time.

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

         — Why are you always yawning, Kathy?

    —I ______ all night reading Steve Jobs. That’s a fantastic book!

A. stayed up                        B. am staying up                  C. stay up                    D. will stay up

         Daniel is the only one of the students in the class that never_____a mistake even when it is pointed out to him.

A. admit making                                                     B. admits making

C. admit to make                                                              D. admits to make

         “Freeze, you guy! _______ , and I’ll shoot you.” an old man with a gun in hand shouted at me.

A. If you go for one more step                              B. Going for one more step

C. One more step                                            D. You going for one more step

— What does the notice on the wall say?

   — “No person _____ take books out of the reading room; otherwise he _____ be fined.”

A. may; will                          B. may; would                      C. shall; will                          D. shall; would

         We should well balance our work and relaxation, and only by doing that, as everybody would agree , ______ a good state of mind.

A. can we have                   B. we can have       C. need we have     D. we need have

         It was Mr. Zhang that helped us out of the trouble. Without his help, we ______ it so easily.

A. can’t manage

B. mustn’t have managed

C. couldn’t have managed

D. couldn’t manage

— How long is it _____ you picked up your badminton training?

  — It was not until my finance became better in last December _____ I started the training.

A. since; that                       B. before; when                  C. until; that                         D. that; when

 — What on earth are the police busy with?

  — They have been looking into how the plane crash _______.

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

— Oh, how depressed! I’m bound to lose to him in tomorrow’s competition.

  —Cheer up! In fact, he is _________ than you.

A. not more nervous                                                        B. no more nervous

C. no less nervous                                                          D. a little less nervous