He talked ________ about the curtains he’s chosen for his new house．

A．on a large scale

B．at his expense

C．in great detail

D．in conclusion

They ________ a certain amount of working experience through volunteer work．

A．attempted

B．accumulated

C．abandoned

D．accomplished

Somewhat better ________ academically, hereturned home to continue his experiment．

A．furnished

B．provided

C．equipped

D．installed

________ your proposal, I am pleased to inform you that most committee members consider it acceptable．

A．Considering

B．Concerning

C．Seeing

D．Supposing

After the Shenzhou VI capsule(太空舱)touched down, two astronauts succeeded in traveling around the earth, thus again ________ China is a global space power．

A．proving

B．to prove

C．to have proved

D．being proved

After the war, that country ________ their defence works．

A．strengthened

B．increased

C．improved

D．powered

He would never have got the job, ________ for the fact that his father had great influence over the company．

A．had it not been

B．it had not been

C．it were not

D．were it not

Only those who have signed their names here can have the ________ of getting free tickets for the ________ piano concert．

A．privilege; coming

B．advantage; followed

C．favor; following

D．possibility; followed

________ is known to us all is that the old scientist, for ________ life was hard in the past, still works very hard in his eighties．

A．As;whom

B．As;whose

C．It;whose

D．What;whom

Mr．Green stood up in defense of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one ________．

A．blamed

B．blaming

C．to blame

D．to be blamed