The poem is hard to understand．Can you make ________ of this poem?

A．idea

B．knowledge

C．sense

D．opinion

My interests include football, bowling and surfing the Internet ________ studying my favourite subjects．

A．instead of

B．as well as

C．less than

D．rather than

They have ________ us ￡150000 for the house, shall we take it?

A．provided

B．supplied

C．shown

D．offered

Months ago we sailed ten thousand miles across this open sea, which ________ the Pacific, and we met no storms．

A．was called

B．is called

C．had been called

D．has been called

－What are you going to do this afternoon?

－I am going to the cinema with some friends．The film ________ quite early, so we ________ to the bookstore after that．

A．finished; are going

B．finished; go

C．finishes; are going

D．finishes; go

The number of deaths from heart disease will be reduced greatly if people ________ to eat more fruit and vegetables．

A．persuade

B．will be persuaded

C．be persuaded

D．are persuaded

Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts．The plane ________．

A．takes off

B．is taking off

C．has taken off

D．took off

As you can see, the number of cars on our roads ________ rising these days．

A．was keeping

B．keep

C．keeps

D．were keeping

________ achievement, last week's ministerial meeting of the WTO here earned a low, though not failing, grade．

A．In terms of

B．In case of

C．As a result of

D．In face of

Much of the power of the trade unions has been lost．________, their political influence should be very great．

A．As a result

B．As usual

C．Even so

D．So far