Mrs Taylor has ________ 8-year-old daughter who has ________ gift for painting－she has won two national prizes．

A．a; a

B．an; the

C．an; a

D．the; a

I can’t remember when exactly the Robinsons left ________ city．I only remember it was ________ Monday．

A．the; the

B．a; the

C．a; a

D．the; a

It is often said that ________ teachers have ________ very easy life．

A．/;/

B．/; a

C．the;/

D．the; a

If you go by ________ train, you can have quite a comfortable journey, but make sure you get ________ fast one．

A．the; the

B．/; a

C．the; a

D．/;/

If you don’t like to swim, you ________ stay at home．

A．should as well

B．may as well

C．can as well

D．would as well

My interests include football, bowling and surfing the web ________ studying my favorite subjects．

A．instead of

B．as well as

C．less than

D．rather than

She struggled for the ________ of her country all her life．

A．dependent

B．independence

C．dependence

D．depends

－I’m trying to ________ my job right now．

－OK, sorry for disturbing you．

A．devote to

B．concentrate on

C．fix upon

D．absorb in

She suffered a neverous ________．

A．break down

B．put down

C．broke up

D．put up

About ________ of the surface of the earth is covered by water．

A．two-third

B．three quarter

C．seventy percent

D．one half