Mr. Wang made up his mind to devote all he could _______his oral English before going abroad.

A. improve         B. to improve          C. improving         D. to improving

 Only _______ as an interpreter _______ how important it was to learn English well.

A. when did I work; I realized                B. when did I work; did I realize

C. when I worked; did I realize               D. when I worked; I realized

 I prefer to have a room of my own, however small it is, rather than _______ a room with others.

    A. to share         B. to have shared        C. share           D. sharing

 It was because of bad weather _______ the football match had to be put off.

A. so                          B. so that               C. why                          D. that

 The army organized teams to dig out those ________were trapped and to bury _______dead .

A. /; the          B. who; /            C. / ; /          D. who; the

  Little Tony insisted that his mother _______ him to school.

A. send           B. sent                C. sends               D. sending

 _______ people were killed and injured in the earthquake, _______ whom reached several million.

    A. A number of, the number of          B. The number of, a number of     

C. A great deal of, the number of         D. A great many, a number of

 When the girl learnt that her boy friend was _______ in the earthquake, she ________.

    A. injured, burst in tear                    B. killed, burst into tears

    C. still alive, bursts into tears        C. missing, bursts into tears

 The foreign teacher _______ was a friend of mine．

    A. you just talked                    B. whom you just talked to

C. who you just talked to him           D. which you just talked to

 Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. The plane_    __.
 A. takes off        B. is taking off       C. has taken off    D. took off