To read a novel before going to bed seems to me a rule ____.

A. to never break                           B. never to have broken 

C. never to be breaking                 D. never to be broken

 The dying man is _____ the help of the doctor.

     A. outside             B. without             C. out of               D. beyond

 I don’t smoke now, but I ____for almost ten years.  

A. ever smoked B. have ever smoked C. had ever smoked D. was ever smoking

 Barrack Obama’s recent visit to the Asian nations clearly sent a message to the world

     ______ Asia is important in America’s global partnership.

   A. which          B. where           C. that          D. as

 ---Did you listen to the lecture given by the famous herbalist doctor Zhang Wuben?

   --- No, we ______ it. But we had a lot of traffic on our way.

   A. could have attended                       B. must have attended 

   C. could attend                              D. shouldn't have attended

 Only lately _____ about the dark secrets behind the seemingly-happy marriage of the  

   golf star Tiger Woods.

   A. the public have known                 B. were the public known

   C. have the public known                 D. the public knew

 ____you are familiar with the author’s ideas, try reading all the sections as quickly as you possibly can.

A. Now that           B. Ever since     C. So that              D. As long as

 There         be any difficulty in passing the oral test since you have practiced a lot in the school.

    A．mustn’t       B．shan’t      C．shouldn’t     D．needn’t

 Now, the world’s focus is all on Shanghai ______ the 2010 world Expo is to be held.

    A. when           B. whose        C. where          D. that

 The present financial crisis has put the world economy in a difficult        .  

A. occasion       B. case             C. background     D. situation