Children are naturally ________ about everything around them．

A．curious

B．worried

C．interested

D．serious

As time ________, we found Jack was honest．

A．went by

B．went away

C．got through

D．made up

________ more attention, the flowers could have grown better．

A．Given

B．To give

C．Giving

D．Having given

There is no point ________ with him．

A．on quarrelling

B．to quarrel

C．of quarrelling

D．in quarrelling

All the furniture in the room ________ imported from England．

A．is

B．are

C．have

D．has

When he left ________ high school, he didn’t go to college but got a job as ________ reporter．

A．/, a

B．/, the

C．a, the

D．the, the

Difficulties and hardships have ________ the best character of the young geologist．

A．brought in

B．brought out

C．brought up

D．brought about

－Have you heard of Wang Meng?

－Yeah．She ________ have done better．She won China’s first gold medal at Turin．

A．should

B．might

C．needn’t

D．couldn’t

－How far apart do they live?

－________ I know, they live in the same neighbourhood．

A．As long as

B．As tar as

C．As well as

D．As often as

Sean’s strong love for his country is ________ in his recently published poems．

A．relieved

B．reflected

C．responded

D．recovered