For ages, Bill Gates has been supporting educational programmes that ______from kindergartens to universities.

A. range B. move C. vary D. spread

In China, peach is a ______of long life and therefore makes an ideal birthday present.

A. symbol B. sign C. signal D. symptom

Tom works very hard. His brother, ______, doesn’t do anything at all.

A. for another thingB. what’s worse

C. on the other handD. even worse

It’s said that the power plant is now ______large as what it was.

A. twice as B. as twice C. twice much D. much twice

It’s one of the world’s largest chains of golf shops, ______in the heart of Shanghai.

A. locate B. located C. locating D. to locate

______with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.

A. Face B. Facing C. Faced D. To face

They wanted to charge $5,000, ______ we managed to bring the price down.

A. butB. so C. whenD. since

A post office should be built in a central ______ for the sake of the convenience.

A. position B. situation C. eruption D. connection

The room became ______ crowded after the desk was moved out.

A. a little B. fewer C. less D. much

It is reported that a powerful earthquake ______the Italian island of Sicily early this morning.

A. happened B. caused C. occurred D. struck