They ________ on the program for almost one week before I joined them, and now we ________ on it as no good results have come out so far．

had been working; are still working

had worked; were still working

have been working; have worked

have worked; are still working

________ Olympic Marathon is 26 miles and 385 yards, ________ distance from Marathon to Athens．

The ; the

/; a

An ; a

/; the

This is ________ a mobile phone．It can be used as a small TV, too．

no more than

no less than

more than

less than

________ good and sweet, this kind of pear was soon sold out in the market．

Tasted

tasting

Having been tasted

Being tasted

Jack was ________ failure as a leader, but he achieved ________ great success in writing．

a; a

a; /

/; a

/; /

The theme park you are probably most familiar ________ is Disneyland．

to

with

for

on

Today CCTV offers a great ________ of programmes to meet different need and ________．

variety; tastes

many; interests

deal; likes

number; habits

The first person ________ was Tony Garcia from Colombia, closely followed by Julia Smith from Britain．

to arrive

arriving

arrived

arrives

People have always been curious ________ how living things on the earth exactly began．

in

at

of

about

Zhang Ning managed to ________ her injury to win the Olympic gold medal．

prefer

overcome

injure

shock