AIDS is said __________ the biggest health challenge to both men and women in that area over the past few years.

A. that it is     B. to be

C. that it has been   D. to have been

The book is of great value. __________ can be enjoyed unless you digest it.

A. Nothing     B. Something

C. Everything D. Anything

Today, we’ll discuss a number of cases __________ beginners of English fail to use the language properly.

A. which B. as

C. why    D. where

The owner of the cinema needed to make a lot of improvements and employ more people to keep it running, __________ meant spending tens of thousands of pounds.

A. who    B. that

C. as       D. which

—Did you wash your new suit in hot water?

—Of course not. I am not ______ foolish.

A. very   B. that

C. very much  D. too

The boy said ________ couldn't he work out the problem but his teacher didn't know how to do it.

A. though　         B. never　     C. hardly         D. not only

Only when _____ possible to settle the problem.

A. does the chief editor come will it be

B. the chief editor comes will it be

C. has the chief editor come it will be

D. the chief editor comes it will be

You’d better fly somewhere in the west. Then you can ____ a hire car and travel around.

A. take up       B. get on               C. pick up      D. turn on

If you ______ your promise,the results will be sure to satisfy you.

A.carry out   B.carry on   C.keep up   D.make up

 Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her ___1___ concert. She had been waiting for this __2__ for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her ___3___ is.”

The song made her ___4___ to the days when she was Lauren’s ___5___. As a young ___6___, Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied ___7___ in France, Italy and in the United States. “You can become a fine ___8___ in the future,” her teachers told her. “But you must be ___9___ to study hard and work for many years. There will be ___10___ time for anything but music in your life.”

Dorothy was ___11___ at that time and she was ___12___ that music was all she wanted or needed to ___13___ her life. For almost a year Dorothy  ___14___  of nothing else. Then she ___15___ David,  a young engineer traveling Europe. They soon fell in ___16___. David asked her to be his ___17___. Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved ___18___, too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t ___19___ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.

Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her ___20___.

1. A. sorry      B. successful   C. first    D. wonderful

2. A. dance     B. moment     C. show   D. party

3. A. voice      B. face    C. dress   D. life

4. A. think of  B. bring back  C. go back      D. come back

5. A. age B. friend C. mother       D. teacher

6. A. musician B. pop star      C. lady    D. girl

7. A. French   B. music  C. piano  D. dance

8. A. actress    B. student       C. singer D. dancer

9. A. prepared B. learning     C. driven D. waiting

10. A. some    B. any     C. no     D. enough

11. A. eight     B. eighteen     C. eighty D. eighty-eight

12. A. lucky    B. sure    C. afraid  D. fond

13. A. fill       B. live     C. lead    D. take

14. A. heard    B. knew  C. talked D. thought

15. A. saw off       B. learned from      C. heard of    D. met with

16. A. love     B. feeling       C. music  D. touch

17. A. assistant       B. teacher       C. wife    D. student

18. A. him      B. engineering       C. herself       D. music

19. A. certainly      B. possibly     C. only    D. mainly

20. A. thought           B. hope     C. purpose      D. will