John began to feel little beads of sweat going down the back of his neck．His words seemed to have had no visible ___ on the man．

A．affect．??????????????? ????????????? B．effect．

C．affection．??????????? ????????????? D．impact．

My neighbor is as ___as a young man and dislikes sitting around doing nothing all day．

A．enthusiastic??????????? ????????????? B．sensitive?? ?????????????

C．talkative????????????? ????????????? D．energetic

It seemed that our nursery rhymes___ some magic because all the nights I sang them for my daughter, she would listen to them with keen pleasure．

A．must have had??????? ????????????? B．should have had?????? ?????????????

C．could have had????????? ????????????? D．need have had

Harry Potter fans were left in shock ___author J．K-Rowling revealed she regretted pairing Granger and Ron in the novel．

A．what????????????????? ????????????? B．when

C．since?????????????? ????????????? D．before

— Why do you do volunteer work in the North-West?

????????????? — I___ to improve the lives of the children there through my efforts．

A．was trying?????????????? ????????????? B．have tried

C．am trying?????????? ????????????? D．tried

We should give the disabled encouragement to live _____ as we do．

A．as a rich and full life?????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．as rich and full a life

C．so a rich and full life???????? ????????????? D．so rich and full a life

"The president's report," a smile on his face, he continued, "___ to several hot topics, discusses how to increase peasants' income．"

A．referring????????????????? ????????????? B．refers???

C．having referred????????? ????????????? D．referred

—He thinks that girls are smarter than boys when it comes to learning English．

????????????? —But two years ago he thought____．

A．so?????????????????????? ????????????? B．otherwise??????????????

C．opposite?????????????? ????????????? D．different

The temperature has risen ___ more than 20 degrees centigrade．It is quite hot ___ January in Jiangxi．

A．to; for??????????????????? ????????????? B．at;to??????????????????

C．at;in????????????????? ????????????? D．to;on

Things have changed quickly over the past decade and life in the country is much better than ___used to be．

A．that???????????????????? ????????????? B．what

C．it?????????????????? ????????????? D．one