He put forward a good idea ________ gave us hope．

A．that

B．what

C．that what

D．/

China is a ________ country．

A．loving-peace

B．love peace

C．peace-loving

D．peace-loved

The early pioneers had to ________ many hardships to settle on the new land．

A．go into

B．go through

C．go back on

D．go along with

________ the end of the afternoon, it began to rain．

A．Backwards

B．upwards

C．Towards

D．Downwards

The old man made his way ________ the heavy snow．

A．cross

B．across

C．through

D．in

John plays football ________, if not better than, David．

A．as well

B．as well as

C．so well

D．so well as

It took me ________ days to finish drawing a beautiful horse．

A．a half dozen

B．half a dozen

C．half dozens

D．half dozen

He has ________ books in his study．

A．several thousands

B．some thousands of

C．some thousands

D．some thousand of

It rained last night, ________ the ground is wet this morning．

A．for

B．since

C．because

D．even

________ everybody knows about it, I don't want to talk any more．

A．For

B．Even

C．Since

D．However