The lawyer advised him to drop the        , since he stood little chance to win.

A. event           B. incident         C. case             D. affair

_____ tomorrow, our ship will set sail for Macao.

A. However the weather is like         B. However is the weather like

C. whatever is the weather like         D. Whatever the weather is like

When it was his turn to deliver his speech,        , he walked towards the microphone.

A. nervously and embarrassingly          B. nervous and embarrassedly

C. nervously and embarrassing           D. nervous and embarrassed

—What are you busy with?

  —The conference _______ in our city next week.

A. held             B. will be held           C. be holding       D. to be held

—Amazing! You        wear slippers at work.

   —Don’t you know it’s a fashion?

A. must            B. should           C. can             D. may

Many people can’t learn any lessons from the mistakes they’ve made        they get hurt somehow.

A. whether         B. unless            C. if              D. as

I have no dreams _______ to have a happy life.

  A. rather than          B. better than            C. other than           D. less than

—Have you got used to the Chinese food, Huang Yan?

   —Yes, but I hate ________ when a Chinese host keeps serving me the food I don’t like.

  A. this            B. that              C. those            D. it

There is a new problem involved in the popularity of private cars   __ ___  road

conditions need         .

  A. that; improving                     B. when; improving

 C. where; to be improved                 D. which; to be improved

Many people have telephoned the travel agency,         for further information about a tour to Taiwan.

A. asked           B. to ask            C. asking           D. having asked