___ reading books in my spare time, I also surf on the internet sometimes.

A. Including      B. Except       C. But           D. Besides

A new dining room ________ in our school. It will take one and a half years to finish it.

   A. has been built  B.is being built      C. is built            D. is building

The Olympic Games, ____ in 776 B. C., did not include women players until 1912.

A. first playing                    B. to be first played

C. first played                     D. to be first playing               

This article ______ more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language teaching and learning. 

A. cares for B. applies for     C. allows for   D. calls for 

 It was getting dark. We decided to ________ for the night at a farmhouse. 

A. put up      B. put away          C. put down     D. put on 

 People in the far-away mountain village cannot this program. 

A. take down    B. pick up        C. put away       D. get along 

The forest guards often find campfires that have not been ________ completely. 

A. turned down B. put out               C. put away     D. turned over 

 Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _______ the shocking ending. 

A. give away      B. give out         C. give up        D. give off 

I _____ in New York for two years, but I’ve never regretted my final decision to move back to my motherland.

A. worked           B. was working           C. have worked           D. had worked

So quickly ____________ is a possibility today may be a reality tomorrow.

A. are science and technology advancing that 

B. science and technology advancing are that

C. are science and technology advancing that what 

D. science and technology advancing what that