______ the Venice Film Festival, we are to include high-quality films, ______ who makes them.

A. In defence of; regardless                   B. In the defence of; regardless

C. In defence of; regardless of                 D. In the defence of; regardless of

I feel sure that ______ qualification, ability and experience, you are abundantly suited to the position we have in mind.

A. in defence of      B. in spite of      C. in terms of     D. in favour of

________ his arrival, he began to make preparations for the speech of the conference.

A. In                      B. With                    C. On                  D. By 

_____ two English exams to worry about, I have to work really hard this month.

   A. Besides        B. With          C. As for         D. Because of

Housing price in China is so expensive that it is_______ the reach of those with average income, so the government is taking measures to solve the problem.

   A. over              B. within                C. beyond                 D. below     

The laboratory was_______ until three o’clock that afternoon and I waited for four hours.

   A. of use    B. for use    C. into use    D. in use

— They are quiet, aren’t they?

   — Yes. They are accustomed ______ at meals.

A. to talk        B. to not talk      C. to talking    D. to not talking

Everybody was touched        words after they heard her moving story.

A. beyond     B. without       C. of       D. in

Now more and more Chinese senior students are applying _____ admission______ American universities through SAT.

 A. for; for              B. to; to                   

C. for; to              D. to; for

— They are quiet, aren’t they?

   — Yes. They are accustomed ______ at meals.

A. to talk               B. to not talk              

C. to talking            D. to not talking