Contemporary English is quite different from Old English. There has never been a year____     the language was not changing.

  A．that             B．when          C．for             D．until

The country’s population      small, and most of its population       in the mountainous areas.

    A．are; lives   B．are; live    C．is; live D．is; lives

I climbed the stairs slowly with a big suitcase, my father         with two more.

    A．followed B．was following    C．following    D．having following

After staying in hospital for long, the patient was advised to go to the seaside to        

  his health. 

  A. take up            B. carry up        C. pick up           D. make up

We don’t intend to sign any documents without         our lawyer.

  A. demanding         B. discussing       C. consulting        D. asking

After a second thought, Jean       a better method to deal with the problem.

A．put up with        B．came up with   C．added up to     D．made up for

---How often do you visit your granny in the village?

   ---I feel ashamed.          .

  A．Very often                           B．By accident 

C．Just once in a while     D．All of a sudden

      the zoologists tried to prove was that the photo of the South China Tiger had been staged or technologically dealt with.

  A．That             B．Why              C．Whether        D．What

Rome was not built in a day. You should set ______ goals and work hard to achieve them.

A. alternative         B. considerable        C. subjective       D. realistic

Landslides have killed 1156 people in northwest China’s Gansu Province so far, _____ the

total death number reported last week.

A. doubled          B. to double        C. doubling           D. having doubled