When you study the local map, you will find this town is ___________.

A. twice as large a town as that one   B. twice as a large town as that one

C. twice as larger as that one    D. twice as larger a town as that one

 He loves parties. He is always the first _____and the last __________.
A. coming; leaving         B. to come; to leave             
C. comes; leaves        D. come; leave

 My brother regretted __________ a lecture given by Professor Liu.
A. missing   B. to miss   C. missed   D. being missed

 We can understand why he avoids _______ to us.
A. speaking             B. speak      
C. having spoken            D. to speak

 E-mail, as well as telephones, _______ an important part in daily communication.

A. have played   B. are playing    C. is playing   D. play

_____ of the land in that district _____ covered with trees and grass.

A. Two fifth; is     B. Two fifth; are  

C. Two fifths; is    D. Two fifths; are

 It is reported that many a new house ______ at present in the disaster area.

  A. are being built    B. were being built 

C. was being built   D. is being built

 In order to find the missing child, villagers _____ all they can over the past five years.

A. did   B. do   C. had done   D. have done

 The number of people invited _____fifty, but a number of them____ absent for different reasons.

A. were; was      B. was; was   C. was; were   D. were; were

 It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly _______ my friend.

   A. turn out   B. pick out   C. call out   D. bring out