--- Do you mind if I record your lecture?

   --- ___________. Go ahead.

   A. Never mind  B. No way        C. Not at all      D. No, you’d better not

Everything was perfect for the picnic ______ the weather.

A. in place of      B. as well as      C. except for      D. in case of

In some places women are expected to earn money ____ men work at home and raise their children.

   A. but           B. while         C. because       D. though

He doesn’t have_____furniture in his room --just an old desk.

    A. any    B. many    C. some    D. much

—Did you see a man in black pass by just now?

—No, sir. I ________ a newspaper.

A. read        B. was reading     C. would read       D.  am reading

The hotel wasn’t particularly good. But I ____ in many worse hotels.

    A .was staying   B, stayed   C. would stay   D. had stayed

My dictionary__________. I have looked for it everywhere but still_____it。

A. has lost;do not find         B. is missing;do not find

C. has lost;have not found      D. is missing;have not found

_________ that she was going off to sleep，I asked if she’d like chat little doll on her bed．

　　A．Seeing　　　　B．To see　　　　C．See　　　　D．Seen

In science fiction we read of flying saucers travel through _____ space, so people want to have ______ better knowledge of the universe.  

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

-How amazing it is that astronauts are exploring outer space!  

-It’s a challenge, I guess, _________man against nature.  

A. of         B. for             C. by           D. about