Sometimes we buy a magazine with absolutely no purpose ________ to read it for some information．

A．would rather

B．rather than

C．as well

D．or rather

The Chinese central government has agreed to pay the firms extra sums to ________ for the workers’ ________ losses．

A．make up, financial

B．bring up, beneficial

C．take up, official

D．look up, social

The Chinese language differs from Western languages ________, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which ________ ideas, objects or deeds．

A．for which; take for

B．in that; stand for

C．in which; make for

D．on that; wish for

No one in the department but Tom and I ________ that the director is going to resign．

A．knows

B．know

C．have known

D．am to know

We were finally able to make the customers ________ of the quality of the refrigerator．

A．to convince

B．convincing

C．convince

D．convinced

The rise in electricity costs has ________ our difficulties in carrying out the project．

A．added up

B．added up to

C．added

D．added to

________ never to come back before he could make a big fortune, Mike left home without saying a word．

A．To be determined

B．Determined

C．Being determined

D．To determine

Whenever it ________ the money I lost, my father always tells me to learn a lesson from the event and never ________ such trick again!

A．refers to; fall in

B．comes to; fall for

C．mentions; fall on

D．speaks to; fall to

I know a lot of places ________ paper work is done on the computer instead of by person．

A．where

B．which

C．that

D．/

These machines can help recycle the waste which would ________ be thrown away．

A．otherwise

B．therefore

C．however

D．though