18、Exciting as its special effects are ______, there is too much violence in the film.

A. to watch           B. to be watched          C. watching              D. being watched

17、Student loan is supposed to provide financial support for people who would ______ not be able to go to college.

    A. therefore            B. meanwhile               C. otherwise                D. nevertheless

16、 I think you should go back to your ______ plan, which is much more practical than the present one.

A. random                 B. original                  C. abstract                 D. ridiculous

15、---What do you think of Peter?

---He ______ be really difficult to get along with even though he’s a nice person in general.

A. shall            B. should                C. must                  D. can

14、 With more than 17000 islands, ______ only 6000 are inhabited, Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago(岛国).

A. on which           B. for which                C. of which                 D. along which

13、 The first decade in the 21st century ______ the rapid rise of China as a world economic power.

A. witness                    B. has witnessed           C. will witness                   D. have witnessed

12、 His answer was so confusing that I could hardly make any ______ of it at all.

A. meaning            B. sense                       C. idea                         D. significance

11、The soldier raised his gun and calmly ______ it at the enemy commander, fired.

   A. aiming                B. aimed                     C. to aim                    D. aim

10、---Where did you first meet your boyfriend?

---It was in the department store ______ he worked.

A. which             B. that                       C. where                   D. what

9、______ has recently been done to provide more buses for the people, a shortage of public vehicles remains a serious problem.

    A. What                 B. Though what           C. In spite of what        D. However what