. People have always been_______about exactly how life on earth began.

A. curious    B. excited      C. anxious      D. careful

_______in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.

A. Anything        B. Nothing       C. Everything     D. Something

------ Professor Johnson, I’m afraid I can’t finish the report within this week.

------_______How about next week?

A. Good for you     B. It won’t bother me    C. Not at all     D. That’s OK

 -------Can you believe I had to pay 30 dollars for a haircut?

------You should try the barber’s _______I go. It’s only 15.

A. as          B. which     C. where      D. that

 Mark_______have hurried. After driving at top speed .he arrived half an hour early.

A. needn’t           B. wouldn’t       C. mustn’t           D. couldn’t

 Traditional folk arts of Tianjin like paper cutting_______at the culture show of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.

A. are exhibiting        B. is exhibiting     C. are being exhibited    D. is being exhibited

 Joining the firm as a clerk, he got rapid promotion , and_______as a manager.

A. ended up         B. dropped out       C. came back   D. started off

. It rained heavily in the south. _______serious flooding in several provinces.

A. caused   B. having caused    C. causing     D. to cause

My father warned me_______going to the West Coast because it was crowded with tourists.

A. by      B. on     C. for     D. against

. As a new graduate, he doesn’t know_______it takes to start a business here.

A. how       B. what       C. When   D. which