For our middle school students, some courses are compulsory, while others are ________.

A. flexible     B. optional         C. impressive           D. significant

How can I ________ money from my bank account to his?

    A. transfer     B. transform            C. transmit         D. transplant

They didn’t ________ the true meaning of what the boss had said, and thus their task almost completely failed.

    A. seize            B. catch                C. take             D. grasp

Pink clothes don’t suit her at all, yet she still likes to wear her pink overcoat. I think it’s absolutely a matter of her personal ________.

A. hobby            B. preference           C. habit                D. principle

Few plants will ________ sudden changes in temperature.

    A. defend           B. smooth           C. tolerate         D. oppose

________ seems to be a strong competition in China for senior high students to enter college or university.

   A. It            B. There                C. What             D. That

“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

— It’s burning hot today, isn’t it?

   — Yes. ________ yesterday.

 A. So was it           B. So it was            C. So is it         D. So it is

By nine o’clock, all the Olympic torch bearers had reached the top of Mount Qomolangma, ________ appeared a rare rainbow soon.

 A. that        B. which        C. from which           D. above which

I just wonder ________ that makes him so excited.

 A. why it does     B. what he does     C. how it is            D. what it is