Kate’s new job paid twice as much as she had made _______ in that school.

  A. work           B. worked          C. working        D. to work

______ was it then ______ all these ordinary people handled the situation?

  A. How ; that       B. Why; what       C. What; how      D. What; that

Tom always did well at school _________ having to do part time jobs.

A. in spite of      B. regardless of      C. on account of    D. in case of

Qingming Holiday is a national holiday ______ to remember those who died.

A. put up         B. put on           C. set out         D. set aside

If you have a fever and keep coughing, that is _______ you have to go to a hospital to have a medical examination.

   A. since          B. why            C. when           D. what

------ Stop playing computer games, Jason. ______ your homework now?

  ------ Mum, just ten more minutes, please.

A. Couldn’t you be doing            B. Will you be doing

C. Should you be doing                 D. Shouldn’t you be doing

In order to _______ the financial storm, many families cut their daily expanses.

A. prevent        B. survive          C. quit           D. keep

The Great Western Development is ________ to promote the economic development of the west in China.

  A. flexible        B. content          C. worthy         D. bound                            

Yaoming’s struggle to make a place for himself in basketball is the kind of life story _____ a fascinating novel might be written.

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

The _____ of Jay Chow' s concert made most of the audience present get wild.

A. environment    B. influence         C. impression      D. atmosphere