------ Ian gave up playing the piano eventually.

   -------It’s just_____of him to spend all that money on the equipment and then lose interest halfway through the course.

    A. normal     B. ordinary    C. common   D. typical

_____ is known to us all is that to work hard to achieve a goal is more important than only to have a goal.

    A. What    B. As    C. it   D. This

 Only when I lost the opportunity to take my first job ____ how important it was to me.

   A. I realized   B. I had realized    C, had I realized   D . did I realize

  Would you please speak ____ a loud voice?  I didn’t catch what you said, with all the noise going on.

   A. in    B. on     C. of     D. to

The experiment, _____ to test the theory, will be carried out tomorrow.

    A. intending      B. intended       C. to intend     D, having intended

 He raised a suggestion at the meeting, ____ well worth considering.

    A. which I think is    B. which I think it is      C. I think is which     D. I think it is

 A man who witnessed the accident said that the car _____ at nearly 100 kilometers per hour at the time.

   A. was going    B. is going    C. had gone    D. has been going

 the grand graduation ceremony ,which thousands of the graduates _____ last night, was more successful than we had expected.

   A. appointed    B. absorbed   C. attended    D. attracted

 ______ is no doubt that the media play a major role in influencing people’s opinions.

   A. This    B. That   C. What    D. There

 Unless ____ regularly, the plants will not ____ in early spring.

   A. water; flower  B. watering; be flowering  C. watered; flower   D. watered; be flowered