Everywhere man has cut down ________ forests in order to grow crops，or to use ________ wood as fuel or as building material．

A．the; the

B．the; /

C．/; the

D．/; /

Taiwan-born filmmaker An Lee won the best director Oscar at the 78^th academy awards, ________ the highest honor in American movie field．

A．to consider

B．considering

C．consider

D．considered

I admired my classmate Lisa very much．________ her prettiness, she was smart and helpful．

A．Except for

B．But for

C．Apart from

D．In spite of

Xu Peidong, as well as Yu Qiuyu whose works ________ high popularity, ________ as the referees in the singers contest．

A．enjoys, act

B．enjoy, acts

C．enjoy, act

D．enjoys, acts

He is one of those people ________ everybody will find ________ hard to please．

A．that; being

B．whom;it

C．who; is

D．which; to be

The two sides in the dispute still differ ________ each other ________ the question of pay．

A．with; over

B．with; from

C．over; with

D．from; in

The driver began to speed up to ________ for the hour he’d lost in the traffic jam．

A．keep up

B．take up

C．catch up

D．make up

Both ________ and ________ laughter do harm to your health．

A．burst into tears; burst into

B．to burst into tear; to burst into

C．bursting into tears; bursting into

D．tear;

When he ________ home five years later, he found that everything in his room ________ unchanged．

A．returned; remained

B．returned to; was remained

C．returned back to; were remained

D．returned back to; remained

The speed ________ is 340 meters per second．

A．at that sound travels

B．with which sound travels

C．which sound travels

D．at which sound travels