No country can afford to neglect ________．

A．an education

B．educations

C．education

D．the education

Today's modern TV cameras require ________ light as compared with the earlier models．

A．only a few

B．only few

C．only a little

D．only little

The boy tried hard but there has been ________ in his work．

A．little improvement

B．a little improvement

C．many improvements

D．few improvements

The department purchased ________ to improve the working conditions there．

A．a new equipment

B．a new piece of equipment

C．new equipments

D．new pieces of equipments

________ travels faster when the zip code is indicated on the envelope．

A．A little mail

B．A piece of mail

C．A mail

D．A small mail

When they got to the lecture-room, there were ________ left．

A．only few seats

B．a very few seats

C．only a few seats

D．so a few seats

Generally there are ________ television programs for children on Saturday．

A．little

B．much

C．a large number of

D．a large amount of

________ is too much for a little boy to carry．

A．A bike's weight

B．The weights of a bike

C．The weight of a bike

D．Bilk's weight

________ is a well-informed man．He can tell you anything you want to know．

A．This John's old friend

B．This old friend of John

C．That's Jahn's old friend

D．This old friend of John's

Why did you speak to Peter that way?Don't you know he is an old friend of ________?

A．my brother

B．my brothers

C．my brother's

D．my brother's friend