The number of people present at the meeting ______ about one thousand, a large number of whom ______ experts from abroad.
A.was; was | B.was; were |
C.were; were | D.were; was |
As a grassroots singer, she reads everything she can get hold of and catch every opportunity she meets up with so as to gain _____ progress.
A.mild | B.widespread |
C.steady | D. Average |
With many cities in China dreadfully blanketed by thick haze, the environmental problem is _____ Chinese people concern most nowadays.
A.what | B.which | C.where | D.when |
Smiles around the world _____ be false, _______ other feelings like anger, fear or worry.
A.must; hide | B.shall; hiding |
C.may; hide | D.can; hiding |
His casual clothes were not ______ for such a formal occasion.
A.delicate | B.flexible |
C.appropriate | D.especial |
Poor boy! His looks and hands suggested he was very afraid.
A.frightful; trembling | B.frightened; trembling |
C.frightening; trembled | D.frightened; trembled |
They decide to have another factory set up in this town.
A.paper-made | B.making-paper |
C.paper-making | D.make-paper |
It was not until the end of the trip ______ I realized what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in trouble.
A.as | B.that | C.where | D.when |
The scientific awards, like the Nobel Prize in 2015, are equal to all, ______ the research findings are good enough.
A.so | B.as long as | C.although | D.even though |
Commercially packaged caramel apples from the USA were reported to have killed at least 7 people and sickened 32 before July 24, 2015, officials said. Typically, problems arise ______ caution is absent.
A.that. | B.what |
C.where | D.in which |
---______ made her ashamed of herself?
---________ the lowest mark in her class.
A.What; Because she got |
B.Was it what; Getting |
C.What was it that; She got |
D.What was it that; Getting. |
_______ different life today is from_________ it was fifty years ago!
A.What a ; what | B.What a; how. |
C.How; what | D.What; what |
When________, the museum will be open to the pulic next year.
A. to be completed. | B.completing |
C.being completed | D.completed |
Many people have applied for a job with our company, but we only have one or two ______ positions at the moment.
A.empty | B.vacant | C.permanent | D.adequate |