The number of people who ________ cars ________ increasing in China．

A．owns; are

B．owns; is

C．own; is

D．own; are

－That’s a nice watch．

－It’s the same ________．

A．as John

B．like John

C．like John’s

D．as John’s

－Oh, you are still here．I thought you had left．

－I was about ________ out when you knocked at the door．

A．setting

B．to set

C．set

D．to be setting

Children are tired of learning often because they are ________ to do better than they can, both at school and at home．

A．suggested

B．expected

C．hoped

D．helped

I invited Joe and Linda to dinner, but ________ of them came．

A．neither

B．either

C．none

D．both

He tried his best to solve the problem, ________ difficult it was．

A．however

B．no matter

C．whatever

D．although

Allow children the space to voice their opinions, ________ they are different from your own．

A．until

B．even if

C．unless

D．as though

I suggest that we should take part in more such activities in future ________ we did last week．

A．which

B．as

C．that

D．than

－Please ________ us in the discussion．

－I’d like to, but I’m ________ busy at the moment．

A．attend; too

B．join; far too

C．take part in; much too

D．join; far too much

________ made the school proud was ________ more than 90％ of the students had been admitted to key universities．

A．What; because

B．What; that

C．That; what

D．That; because