I don’t think it is teachers who ______ for giving students too much pressure.

A．are to blame	B．are going to blame
C．are to be blamed	D．should blame

There was nothing they could do______.

A．but wait	B．except waiting
C．only to wait	D．unless they waited

________is no need for you to come if you don’t want to.

A．It

B．There

C．That

D．This

The average temperature this year is _______ that of last year.

A．as not high as

B．not as high

C．not as higher as

D．not as high as

— I’ve just been to my first language class.
— Oh really? ________ . Which language are you studying?

A．So do I

B．So have I

C．So I do

D．So I have

Do you expect _____to be a possibility that we shall be able to afford the particular furniture that we need.

A．that

B．it

C．there

D．one

_____when she started complaining.

A．Scarcely did he arrive	B．Hardly had he arrived
C．No sooner had he arrived	D．Not until he arrived

________ seems to be a strong competition　in China for senior high students to enter college or university.

A．It

B．This

C．That

D．There

Rather than _______in the city, the old man would prefer______in the countryside.

A．stay; living

B．to stay; to live

C．stay ;to live

D．to stay ; living[

-- - Alison, I’m sorry. I can’t come to the wedding with you tomorrow morning. 
   -- ________? 
   -- My grandma was severely ill, so I have to stay in the hospital to look after her. 

A．How is it

B．How come

C．So what

D．What’s the problem