John is very ______. If he promises to do something, he'll do it.

A. independent       B. confident                  C. reliable                     D. flexible

 ---Ready to give up guessing, Sandy?

---No, no．Hold on! I think I ______ at the answer now．

A. arrive              B. have arrived            C. arrived                         D. am arriving

 Why not buy him ______ MP4 as ______ birthday present since he likes music?

A. an; the                     B. the; the                  C. an；a                    D. a；a

 ---Hey, you haven't been acting like yourself. Everything OK?

---______.

A. I’m fine, thanks     B. Sure, it is                  C. That’s good                     D. It’s OK

 I invited Joe and Linda to dinner, but ______ of them came.

A. neither                     B. either                    C. none                        D. both

 ______, his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting.

A. Strange as might it sound                              B. As it might sound strange

C. As strange it might sound                                    D. Strange as it might sound

 ---Can those ______ at the back of the classroom hear me?

---No problem.

A. are seated                 B. are sitting                 C. seated               D. sat

 The English spoken in the United States is only slightly different from ______ spoken in

England.

A. which               B. what                    C. that             D. the one

 Fred entered without knocking and, very out of breath, sank ______ a chair.

A. on                    B. off                    C. into              D. to

 Every year, when the peach blossoms are at their best, a festival ______ at the Beijing

Botanical Garden.

A. is held                    B. will be held             C. held               D. holds