It was for his excellent work _____he had done lately ____ he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.

A. that… which     B. which … which   C. that… /    D. that … that

Charles Darwin, a young man just out of university, knew perfect well that he had to depend on _____ when he set out on a voyage of discovery around the world.

A. him          B. himself          C. themselves   D. them

Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice”, doesn’t care about money or about ____ people call position.

A. that             B. such             C. what         D. which

Once e-mail learners _______ with the basic knowledge of how to use the network, they ______ to a local network and a global network.

A. are equipped … will be linked       B. are equipping…will be linked

C. are equipped … will link            D. will be equipped…will be linked

He started to work dilligently _____ he came up with the idea of hybrid rice for the first time in the 1960’s.

A. at once      B. the moment      C. for the moment    D. in no time

John passed the examination though he had only spent _______ on the subject as others had done.

A. as half time much                B. as half much time

C. half as time much                D. half as much time

Dad had to cycle to work this morning because his car _______ at the garage.

A. was repaired                     B. was repairing

C. was being repaired                   D. would repair

It remains ______ whether she’ll be fit enough to play in the finals.

A. to see       B. to be seen       C. seeing       D. to have seen

______ the growing number of patients, the clinic had to extend its service from five days to seven days a week.

A. To accommodate　　               B. Accommodating

C. Being accommodated              D. Accommodated

Almost all English prepositions ______ look like verbs.

A. when they turn into Chinese      B. when turning into Chinese

C. when they turned into Chinese        D. when turned into Chinese