It was difficult to guess what her ________to the news would be.

A. impression        B. comment          C. reaction          D. opinion

 ________the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.

A. In spite of         B. But for            C. Because of       D. As for

 Most people who have AIDS manage to_______only a few years after they get the disease.

A.live            B.survive         C. continue        D.go on

 The host country________vast facilities,________a stadium, swimming pools and living quarters    

A. offers ;containing B. gives; included  C. awards; contained D. provides; including

 You can________this English programme________the air easily with your short-wave radio.

A. pick out; over       B. pick up; on    C. choose; through   D. choose; by

 Are you going to attend the meeting ________next Saturday?

A. holding            B. held         C. which will hold     D. to be held

 There ________to be a wasteland and now stands a building.

A. used               B. seems        C. was              D. appeared

 The oranges_______ nice ,but________ badly this year.    

A. are tasted; aren’t sold  B. taste; sell     C. are tasted; sell  D. taste; are sold

 — You failed again in the maths exam yesterday.

—Don’t tell Dad about it; if he knows that, I’m _______ dead.

A. as well as     B. as much as         C. as good as     D. as many as

—We heard that he had gone abroad.    

—________.

A. So did he     B. So he did          C. Neither did he   D. Nor did he