12、______ the crisis of economy getting more and more serious, the government is searching for ways to improve people’s life.

  A. As        B. With          C. When         D. If

11、Each of us is likely to develop a personal _______ for certain types of entertainment.

  A. comparison        B. possession        C. preference        D. advantage

10、The Chinese economy is still doing well _______ the current financial crisis.

  A. on behalf of                 B. in spite of

C. in terms of                  D. in consequence of

9、A team of nurses ________ the doctor in performing the operation on the boy wounded in the earthquake.

  A. supported      B. encouraged        C. assisted      D. respected

8、---What on earth are the police busy with?

   ---They have been looking into how the plane crash _______.

  A. came out     B. came up      C. came down      D. came about

7、 Each country, of course, in _______ Copenhagen has its own particular priorities and concerns, which is why ________ agreement is so difficult to reach.

  A. the; an        B. /; an       C. a; the         D. /; the

6、 I’m sorry to tell you that we will not tell you the results of the survey until we have looked through all the _______.

  A. directions      B. instructions       C. data        D. standards

5、The ground is wet all over, so I’m sure it must have rained last night, ________?

  A. wasn’t it        B. didn’t it           C. isn’t it           D. doesn’t it

4、 ________ is know to us all is that the old worker, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his seventies.

  A. As; whom       B. What; whose        C. It; whose        D. What; whom

3、It was Mr Zhang that helped us out of the trouble. Without his help, we ______ it so easily.

  A. can’t manage                     B. mustn’t have managed   

C. couldn’t have managed             D. couldn’t manage