________ fashion differs from country to country may reflect the cultural differences from one aspect．

A．What

B．That

C．This

D．Which

Mr．Reed made up his mind to devote all he had to ________ some schools for poor children．

A．set up

B．setting up

C．have set up

D．having set up

Victor apologized for ________ to inform me of the change in the plan．

A．his being not able

B．him not to be able

C．his not being able

D．him to be not able

The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain ________ as the plane was making a landing．

A．seat

B．seating

C．seated

D．to be seating

The news came as no surprise to me．I ________ for some time that the factory was going to shut down due to the finacial crisis．

A．knew

B．had known

C．have known

D．know

－Sorry to have interrupted you．Please go on．

－Where was I?

－You ________ you didn’t like your father’s job．

A．had said

B．said

C．had been saying

D．were saying

As soon as he comes back, I’ll tell him when ________ and see him．

A．will you come

B．you will come

C．you come

D．do you come

________ the Internet is bridging the distance between people, it may also be breaking some families or will cause other family problems．

A．When

B．If

C．While

D．Since

After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced ________ trucks in 2008 as the year before．

A．as twice many

B．as many twice

C．twice many as

D．twice as many

My suggestion is that you ________ much meat．

A．wouldn’t take

B．shall not take

C．not have

D．won’t have