. Times ________ hard but the New York Times still ________ a wide circulation.

  A) are; has         B) are; have      C) is; has          D) is; have

. Brian told you that there wasn’t anyone in the room at that time, ________?

A) was there       B) wasn’t there      C) didn’t be      D) did he

10. ________ the claim about the German economic might experience an recession, it is somewhat surprising how relatively frail/=flimsy the German economy actually is.

  A) To give         B) Given          C) Giving        D) Having given

9. In the course of the lecture Doctor Wang received a note which ran as ________.

  A) to follow      B) follows        C) following        D) followed

�6. I really don’t see ________.

  A) what is the fun of playing dead     B) what the fun of playing dead is

  C) what fun to play dead is           D) what is the fun to play dead

17. Everyone at the meeting agreed to ordinary people’s request that a overpass ________ across the railway.

  A) would be built     B) to be built    C) ought to be built     D) be built

2. If you win/get a full mark in the English final exam, you ________ get a prize/new bike.

  A) shall           B) will            C) may           D) can

4. The conference ________ a full week by the time it ends.

  A) must have lasted                 B) would have lasted

  C) will have lasted                  D) has lasted

 At the age of nearly seventy, he set off ________ a -mile journey ________ a bicycle

  A) for… by        B) for… on        C) to… on         D) to… By

 He has written some very good poems, but he is ________ known for his short stories

  A) the best         B) more          C) better         D) the most