_______ A/H1N1 influenza cases accounted for 89．4% of all flu cases reported in _______ mainland of China last week, almost 3% points higher than the figure of the previous week．

A．The; the         B．/; /        C．An; the           D．The; /

As a matter of fact, ________ tries again makes no difference．

A．no matter which                               B．no matter who

C．whoever                                  D．whichever

--- I think the waiter has forgotten us．We ________ here for over half an hour!

--- I think you’re right．He probably thinks we have already ordered．

A．are waiting                                        B．have been waiting

C．have waited                                       D．will wait

We always keep ________ spare paper, in case we run out．

A．too much               B．a number of         C．plenty of          D．a good many

Quite a lot of people _______ the tradition of making pancakes on Shrove Tuesday．

A．catch up        B．date back        C．blow up              D．keep up

She has become a lawyer ,____she hoped to be．

A．what          B．which          C．who             D．why

The facts have been _____ from thousands of students in their first year of university study by asking such questions as these．

A．made         B．differed         C．obtained         D．shaved

_______ he took office , he began to look into the case．

A．Long before                             B．Before long

C．Soon                                       D．Shortly after

Regulations _______ in this room．

A．are forbidden to smoke                            B．are forbidden smoking

C．forbid to smoke                                  D．forbid smoking

I’ve already forgotten ___________ you put the dictionary．

A．that it was where                         B．where it was that

C．where was it that                       D．that was it that