The Chinese economy is still doing well _______ the current financial crisis.

  A. on behalf of                 B. in spite of

C. in terms of                  D. in consequence of

A team of nurses ________ the doctor in performing the operation on the boy wounded in the earthquake.

  A. supported      B. encouraged        C. assisted      D. respected

---What on earth are the police busy with?

   ---They have been looking into how the plane crash _______.

  A. came out     B. came up      C. came down      D. came about

 Each country, of course, in _______ Copenhagen has its own particular priorities and concerns, which is why ________ agreement is so difficult to reach.

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

 I’m sorry to tell you that we will not tell you the results of the survey until we have looked through all the _______.

  A. directions      B. instructions       C. data        D. standards

The ground is wet all over, so I’m sure it must have rained last night, ________?

  A. wasn’t it        B. didn’t it           C. isn’t it           D. doesn’t it

 ________ is know to us all is that the old worker, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his seventies.

  A. As; whom       B. What; whose        C. It; whose        D. What; whom

It was Mr Zhang that helped us out of the trouble. Without his help, we ______ it so easily.

  A. can’t manage                     B. mustn’t have managed   

C. couldn’t have managed             D. couldn’t manage

With all the money ________, the man had to make a living by begging.

  A. run out         B. to run out       C. used up       D. to use up

 Having studied in America for three years, the young man didn’t change much, ________ a bit fatter.

  A. only to get       B. only getting       C. to have got        D. having been got