According to recent reports, one of the rare animals, _____ crocodile, will be in danger of dying out in _____ 2020s.

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

--- I can’t find my raincoat. I hung it behind the door.

--- I saw Peter going away with _____, but I’m not sure whether it’s  yours.

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

—I don’t know how to deal with my son. He always refuses ______ advice I give him.

—He just wants to show he has grown up, maybe.

A．no matter what                         B．whatever

C．no matter which                        D．whichever

______ is well known to us all is ______Yao Ming has become the boss of the Shanghai Sharks, who attended the opening ceremony of the new CBA season on Dec. 19, 2009.

A．It; that            B．What; what        C．As; that           D．What; that

--- Sorry to say that I can’t play football with you this afternoon, for I’ll have to prepare for the coming examination.

--- _____. Have some fun!

A．Don’t be a wet blanket                  B．It’s not my cup of tea

C．It doesn’t matter                       D．We’re all ears

Someone who lacks perseverance is unlikely to _______ a good researcher.

A．make             B．turn              C．get              D．grow

Colonel Harland Sanders was the founder of KFC, for _____ life was full of failures before he was successful.

A．whom            B．who              C．whose            D．his

In the dark forests _____, some large enough to hold several English towns.

A．do many lakes lay                       B．lie many lakes

C．lay many lakes                          D．many lakes lay

-----Where are the children? Professor Zhang has come and his speech will start soon.

------I wish they         always late.

A．hadn’t been      B．wouldn’t be      C．wouldn’t have been D．weren’t