－Tom!How are you getting on with your studies?

－Well, my grades have gone down, not too much, but ________ to make my mom disappointed!

A．enough

B．badly

C．well

D．rather

The book was published ________ it was written．

A．soon before

B．long before

C．before long

D．soon after

－Is this model plane the one you made yesterday?

－Yes．

－________!

－Thank you!

A．Make me one

B．Just so-so

C．Good work

D．My pleasure

－Here we are in 2007, ________ wonderful year with fresh opportunities ahead．

－Yes．We’ll take an examination this year and our nation ________ next year．

A．不填；不填

B．the；不填

C．a；不填

D．a; the

Only in this way ________ to make improvement in the operating system．

A．you can hope

B．you did hope

C．can you hope

D．did you hope

－Excuse me, did you notice whether the No．18 bus had gone by?

－Not ________ I began to stand here．

A．as

B．since

C．when

D．while

Zhang Yimou’s 360 million yuan film“Curse of the Golden Flower”proved a hit on its opening weekend, ________ nine million yuan in Shanghai’s cinemas alone．

A．having made

B．making

C．to have been made

D．being made

－Is your grandpa still with you?

－No．he still prefers to live in the small mountain village ________ all its disadvantages．

A．for

B．except

C．with

D．to

He took pity on the people in the flooded-areas and ________ his clothes and quilts to them．

A．gave away

B．gave off

C．sent out

D．threw away

Do you know ________ art played ________ more important part in people’s lives in the 18^th century than it does today?

A．an; the

B．/; a

C．the; a

D．the; the