There are many trees on_______ side of the street, and_______ of the trees is still growing.

A. both; the number                         B. either; the number

C. both; a number                                      D. either; a number

  _______ he brought us!

A. What a good news                        B. What good news

C. How good news                                      D. How good a news

The girl devoted all her time she had_______ others.

A. to help                B. helping      C. to helping           D. helped

 -When did your computer go wrong?

    -Last night, while I_______ some music from a website.

A. downloaded                                  B. am downloading  

C. was downloading                                      D. have downloaded

 Yesterday morning I was just leaving_______ the telephone rang.

A. when                   B. while                   C. because    D. since

 -How much difficulty did you have_______ this problem?

    -_______. It's quite easy.

A. to solve, Nothing                              B. solving; None   

C. to solve, None                                         D. solving; Nothing

 -We could invite John and Barbara to the Friday night party.

    -Yes, _______? I'll give them a call right now.

A. why not    B. what for    C. why                      D. what

 Only_______ of the students_______ passed the English exam.

A. three fives; has                                         B. third fives; has     

C. three fifth; have                                      D. three fifths; have

 The population of China_______ than_______ in Japan.

A. are more, those   B. is more, that    C. is larger; that    D. are lager; those

 Earthquakes are common, and thousands of them happen each day.  But most are too weak to feel. During a   earthquake, there is often a great noise first.  Then the earth   terribly and many houses    down.  Railway tracks break and trains go off lines. A great many factories are destroyed. Thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes.  Besides the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake   ,other accidents such as fires often     . More buildings are destroyed and more deaths caused. It is well-known of the   of an earthquake, and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes. More than 2,000 years ago,  ,a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng invented a machine which could     from which direction the seismic waves（地動波）had come, and this machine is still    by scientists today. Now we know much more about earthquakes and   they happen, but we still can't tell exactly when and where earthquake will happen,  and cannot stop it from happening.

1.A. real            B. weak              C. big               D. small

2.A. moves              B. shakes        C. jumps         D. breaks

3.A. get                    B. put              C. set    D. fall

4.A. lonely    B. later           C. themselves   D. itself

5.A. follow    B. copy           C. come          D. enter

6.A. information       B. questions     C. dangers       D. troubles

7.A. as a result         B. in fact         C. for example  D. as well

8.A. find out           B. think up        C. point at        D. look for

9.A. improved B. repaired      C. protected     D. used

10.A. where           B. why              C. what           D. when