We had a big meal in a fine restaurant last Monday and the total cost_______ five hundred

   dollars．

      A．came through      B．came in               C．came out with      D．came to

I don’t mind picking up your things from the store．______ the walk will do me good．

     A．Sooner or later                                 B．Besides         

       C．Still                                            D．In time

There is a great deal of evidence       that music activities engage different parts of the brain．      

       A．indicate                                             B．indicating                                   

       C．to indicate                                           D．to be indicating

Michael’s new house is like a huge palace, ______with his old one．

     A．comparing                                      B．compares                                    

       C．to compare                                          D．compared

The discussion was held in a lively______ with members talking freely to each other．

     A．atmosphere                                     B．weather                                      

       C．situation                                             D．phenomenon

With the world changing fast, we have something new ______with all by ourselves every day．

     A．deal                    B．dealt                   C．to deal                D．dealing

The students _____ busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she ____ in the office．

       A．had written; left                                  B．were writing; has left 

       C．had written; had left                D．were writing; had left

Bush, before Barack Obama, _______ Brown a similar gift, a leather bomber jacket．

       A．gave            B．have given         C．would give         D．had given

The scientists predict that if present trends______, women in 400 years will be 2cm shorter

   and have healthier hearts．

       A．will continue                                                                   B．continue      

       C．are continued                                      D．will be continued

Never before______ so highly successful in his attempts to forecast the weather accurately on

   a small scale．

       A．man has been                                     B．man is        

       C．has man been                                  D．will be man