It can’t be denied that the Diaoyu Islands are _______ part of China and what some Japanese have done recently is actually _______ offence against Chinese people.

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

They are going to ________an advertisement in the papers for the position of the sales director.

A. give out   B. put out   C. pull out    D. take out

He was accused of cheating investors______ their life savings.

   A. from          B. at        C. in       D. of

 All the employees at the company are _______ their business as usual.

   A. going for      B. going through   C. going about       D. going by

Mo Yan's winning of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature shows the world's ________ of China's contemporary literature.

   A. recognition       B. intention      C. connection          D. application

—Remember how we met for the first time, Dick?

   —Of course I do. You _______ to the teachers' office hurriedly and _________ me.

A. had walked; weren't noticing                 B. were walking; didn't notice

C. had been walking; noticed                    D. walked; had noticed

Carter was saying all the right things, but his smile was __________, and I knew I couldn't trust him.

A. preferential      B. artificial          C. confidential        D. beneficial

 Look! If we had begun to do the work yesterday morning, we _______ ourselves just like them．

   A. would have enjoyed                           B. were to enjoy

   C. should enjoy                                 D. would be enjoying

—Hi, Susan, you look tired.

   —I ______ for months for the coming celebration for the school’s 60th anniversary.

   A. was preparing       B. have been preparing       C. had prepared      D. prepare

Compared with the other players on the team, that footballer was short. But his speed _______ his small size.

A. compensated for  B. headed for          C. applied for         D. pushed for