When the spaceship traveled above,       new-looking earth appeared before us,      earth that we had never seen before.

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

I mustn’t displease my boss because I can’t        to lose the chance to make big money here.

A．offer        B．afford       C．help          D．expect

Many of the systems besides the Milk Way have been measured and some of their distances_____ as well.

A．having measured                                         B．being measured

C．been measured                                           D．measured

He        well have helped her if he hadn’t been        by his friends.   

A．might; taken over                                        B．should; taken in

C．might; taken in                                           D．could; picked up

The Olympic Games are being        live to many countries.

A．conveyed        B．transmitted       C．transferred              D．demonstrated

She asked the young man to be brief and        as she had little time to spare.

A．at best      B．in place     C．to the point      D．on the spot

What worried the boy most was        to visit his father in the hospital.

A．his not being allowed                                   B．his not allowing

C．his not been allowed                                    D．his being not allowed

—You seem to be deeply struck by her beauty.

—Not exactly. It was her skill and courage        her beauty that really struck me most.

A．other than        B．rather than              C．as well as         D．more than

He was told that it would be at least three more months        he could recover and return to work.

A．before             B．when        C．since        D．that

—Why did John ask me about the problem?

—        , he tried to find a better way to settle it.

A．Not to be satisfied                                       B．Don’t satisfy.

C．Not being satisfied                                      D．Not satisfied