In the middle of the square ______ two stones with a picture of a hero at each top.

    A. has           B.  is         C. have              D. are

 Tom makes up his mind to get a seat for the football match _____ it means standing in a queue all night.

   A. despite     B. as though     C. even if        D. no matter

 He cooked a great meal to ______ the help of his neighbors in finding his lost little daughter.

   A. acknowledge      B. thank     C. express   D. admit

 No one knows exactly when the first people arrived in _______ is now called California.

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

 It is the day October 1st, 1949 _____ the People’s Republic of China was founded _____ we’ll never forget.

   A. that; that      B. that; when     C. in which, that     D. when, that

 I recommended ________ an English-Chinese dictionary, which I thought would be of great help to his studies.

   A. him buy       B. he bought     C. to buy        D. buying

 They are singing and dancing to _______ their high spirits despite great hardships.

   A. keep up      B. set up      C. bring up        D. pick up

 The boy is the equal of the girl, _____ intelligence is concerned, but he doesn’t work hard at all.

   A. as far as     B. as soon       C. as well as     D. as long as

 Mrs. White bought a _____ wallet for her husband.

   A. small black leather                  B. black leather small

   C. small leather black                  D. black small leather

 ---What’s the matter with Tim?

   ---Oh. Tim’s cellphone was left in a taxi accidently, never _____ again.

   A. to find      B. to be found     C. finding     D. being found