Much to my          , I’m unable to accept your kind invitation.

A. fault                                   B. duty                  C. guide                           D. regret

 So much progress _____ in the past few months that she now has no difficulty in making herself understood in English.

A. did she make        B. has she made    C. she has made     D. she made

What a(n) _______ it is that the new couple were born in the same year and on the same day.

A. acquaintance        B. consequence      C. circumstance   D. coincidence

Miss Li ___ as a secretary for five years in the company, and now she is general manager of it.

         A. has served                     B. had served              C. served                   D. serves

 Their sudden attack made us more ________ of the danger around us.

   A. familiar            B. particular        C. aware           D. doubtful

 Imagine what today’s life would be like if Alexander Bell _____ the telephone more than 130 years ago!

   A. didn’t invent                  B. wouldn’t invent

   C. hadn’t invented                D. wouldn’t have invented

He had been _______ good terms with Tom, but all of ____ sudden they lost in touch with each other.

    A. on ; a        B. in ; /       C. on ; the       D. in ; a

 Tom was __________ a happy childhood, ______ most people would like to have.

   A. filled with; one  B. blessed with; one   C. covered with; which  D. laden with; which

 The police ______ his address and phone number in order to do further investigation.

A. turned down         B. put down             C. left out       D. held out

 It is a shopping mall ______has been built in ______ used to be a school.

   A. which; where        B. that; what       C. which; that    D. that; where