What you gave me was ________ encouragement．I've learned independence and self-confidence from you．

A．other than

B．more than

C．rather than

D．no more than

________ he does has nothing to do with me．

A．Whatever

B．No matter what

C．That

D．If

Sam ________ some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working on it．

A．brought up

B．looked up

C．picked up

D．set up

Parents ________ much importance to education．They will do their best to give their children that priceless gift．

A．attach

B．pay

C．link

D．apply

When ________ about Spain, people tend to ________ it with bull-fighting –a sport, which is exciting as well as cruel．

A．talked; think

B．talking; associate

C．discussing; associate

D．discussed; think

She fulfilled her ________ to become the first to run the 10, 000 meters within 30 minutes．

A．ambition

B．amusement

C．appreciation

D．assessment

To make members of a team perform better, the trainer first of all has to know their ________ and weaknesses．

A．strengths

B．benefits

C．techniques

D．values

________ that they may eventually reduce the amount of labour needed on construction sites by 90 percent．

A．Such construction robots are clever

B．So clever the construction robots are

C．So clever are the construction robots

D．Such clever construction robots are

His suggestion made me angry, but ________．

A．making others happy

B．to make others happy

C．with others happy

D．others happy

________ healthy, with easy access to affordable medical care, is still a dream for many people, with medicine price ________ sharply．

A．Keeping; rise

B．Keeping; rising

C．To keep; risen

D．Having kept, to rise