______ as the main reason for the recent world-wide economic problems is the fact that the US government would hardly accept.

A．Regarding

B．To regard

C．Regarded

D．Being regarded

五.語法填空 (20分)
We ofter think of future. We often wonder ____1____ the world will be like a hundred years’ time.
Think of    2    space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon    3      （set up）. Perhapes people will be able to visit the moon as    4       . Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed,     5     （permit） long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting    6       planets. Great propress will have been made     7    medicine, too. Pollution will have been controlled in a hundred years’ time.
8     the world will have been developed—even Antarctica. We will have used up most of the earth’s land to build our cities,      9     floating cities will have been built. The Japanese have already plans of this kind. And there will be cities   10         the sea.

Some parts in south China have experienced _____ this year as they did last year.

A．twice as much rain	B．rain twice as much
C．a(chǎn)s twice much rain	D．twice rain as much

When we talk about the _____we not only mean the sun, he earth and the moon but also
_____ That is too far away to be seen.

A．universe, the space	B．spacthe universe,
C．universe, space	D．space,universe

. He arrived at last, ________ .

A．tired and hungrily	B．tiredly and hungrily
C．tired and hungry	D．tired and hunger

How surprising ______ he should have refused to come !

A．is he that

B．he is that

C．is it that

D．it is that

Besides ______, she is kind and considerate.
a. pretty and clever                                   b. being pretty and clever
c. her pretty and clever                              d. she is pretty and clever

He often sat in a small bar drinking considerably more than ________.
a. was good for his health                     b. his health was good
c. his good health                      d. was in good health

It is important to create an atmosphere _____ wild ideas are honored rather than dismissed.
a. of which                    b. as                      c. in which                   d. when

________ too much exposure to wind may cause the dryness of skin, so too much exposure to the sun may result in cancer.
a. Just as             b. While          c. If                d. Now that