With ________ population of 100,000, the city is in ________ need of fresh water and other daily resources．

A．the; the

B．a; a

C．the; a

D．a; /

－How about a game of chess?

－________

A．I agree it．

B．That’s right

C．Why not?

D．I don’t mind．

－Leaving for Shanghai?

－________．

A．Soon

B．Lately

C．Sooner

D．The other day

What worried him most was ________ to visit his sick child．

A．his being not allowed

B．his not being allowed

C．his not allowing

D．having not been allowed

－Is this Mr. Black’s office, Joan?

－Yes, ________

A．that’s all right

B．it doesn’t matter

C．after you

D．please yourself

The harm that gas does ________ humans in wars is great．

A．for

B．on

C．in

D．to

The patient insisted that he ________ ill and ________ to the hospital．

A．wasn’t, wasn’t sent

B．wasn’t, not be sent

C．shouldn’t be, wasn’t sent

D．wasn’t, shouldn’t send

－Let’s go out now．It ________ any more．

－So you mean it ________ raining? That’s terrific!

A．isn’t raining, has stopped

B．doesn’t rain, is stopping

C．won’t rain, will stop

D．didn’t rain, had stopped

Of the two proposals, I prefer ________ to ________．

A．former, latter

B．the former, latter

C．a former, a latter

D．the former, the latter

－Tony Garrison’s latest book is of great use for our course．

－Exactly．I have never read ________ one．

A．the better

B．the best

C．a better

D．a good