Ma Yingjiu, chairman of Chinese Kuomintang, expressed his thought to the media _____the cross-straits would be united in time.

A. which          B. that          C. what           D. when

 ----- Are you finishing your task?

------ ______. We need no less than three hours more.

A. Far from it     B. Exactly     C. Not a little     D. No wonder

She has worked at the bank for many years, nine ______.

A. generally speaking               B. believe it or not

C. to be exact                         D. to be honest

To add to the festive atmosphere, the park _____ with some grand lights during some special festivals.

A. dots       B. will be dotted     C. are dotted     D. have dotted

Without the air to hold some of the sun’s heat, the earth at night _____ cold, too cold for us to live.

A. would be freezing                 B. will be frozen

C. would be frozen                   D. will freezing

----- I try to memorize new words every day, but only remember few of them.

----- That’s not surprising. Newly-learnt words are easily forgotten unless frequently _____ in communication.

A. used          B. using         C. to use         D. be used

----- Tom is wise enough to achieve his success.

----- But in my opinion, he is ______ than wise.

A. luckier     B. more lucky     C. much luckier      D. rather lucky

You can’t do _____ your friends ask you to do. You’d better think first.

A. everything    B. anything     C. something     D. nothing

Every _____ second day he went to the library for some books to read. But after a page or two, he would put the book down and pick up _____ new one.

A. the, a       B. /, a       C. the, a       D. /, the

You _____ your umbrella with you. If so, you wouldn’t have got wet.

A. should have brought               B. must have brought

C. might have brought                D. would have brought