8. There are many famous cultural relics in our country, many    thousands of years ago. 

A.    dating back to

B.    date back to

C.    dated back to

D.    were dated back to

7. It is said that about 60 % of housewives have a brand      before entering the store.

A. in mind      B.   on sale

C. in possession   D.   on purpose

6. I believe his design is     for it's completely different'from others'.

A. common    B. reasonable

C. practical  D. original

5. I don't like work and      does, I think, but I like what is in the work―the chance to find myself.

A. somebody  B. anybody

C. nobody  D. everybody

4. The CCTV show Chinese Characters Dictation Competition has taken the country by storm, which is designed to arouse people's      in the Chinese language.

A. response     B. enthusiasm

C. significance   D. consequence

3. As he already knew French  he gained    advantage over     rest of the class.

A. the； the     B.   an; the

C. an; a        D.  /； the

2. [ 2014 ,北京卷]The best moment for the football star was     he scored the winning goal.

A. where        B. when

C. how       D. why

1. Seeing the big crowd coming towards him, he started to run down the hill, but     and went down on his hands and knees in the melting snow.

A. slipped       B. skied

C.  signalled       D. sank

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  watch over   block one's way   cheer up   now that   break out

1.  That car ____________________ , so I couldn't drive my car out of the road.

2.  The farmers use specially trained dogs to ____________________ their sheep at night.

3. ____________  you've got a chance*you might as well make full use of it.

4. He had no idea when World War II ____________________ , so he turned to his teacher for help.

5. ________ , dear ！ Things won't be as bad as you think. There certainly will be chances for you.

5.  As we have known from the map of the world, this is twice as a large island as that one.

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