Your composition is well-written ____ a few spelling mistakes.

         A. except B. except for    C. except that D. besides

____ catch the first bus, she got up earlier that morning.

         A. In order to   B. So as to        C. In order that        D. So that

 He likes Chinese, ____ his brother likes English.

         A. which   B. what    C. while    D. whether

 I was about to go to bed ____ the telephone rang.

         A. while    B. as         C. at the time  D. when

What ____ it is to have a cold drink in hot weather!

         A. funny   B. fun        C. a fun    D. funs

The teacher asked the students ____ any noise in class.

         A. don’t make  B. to not make          C. not to make          D. not make

 With so many people ____ in English every day, it will become more and more important to have ____ English.

         A. communicated, good knowledge of

         B. communicating, a good knowledge of

         C. communicating good knowledge

         D. to communicate, a good knowledge at

Some Chinese students have ____ English well.

         A. difficulty in learning     B. difficulty to learn

         C. difficulties learned       D. difficulties to learn

The boy wrote a ____ article last week.

         A. two –thousand-words              B. two-thousands-word

         C. two- thousands-words         D. two-thousand-word

 Many people watched the ____ TV broadcast of the football match.

         A. live       B. alive     C. living    D. lively