1.—We are planning to have a casual get-together this Saturday or Sunday. Are you coming?

　　— ________. I’ve got rather a full day this weekend.

　　A. I hope so

　　B. Sounds great

　　C. I’m afraid not

　　D. You’d better not

　　2. ______ world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart, has opened its _____ third store in Beijing, which means the firm now has 52 stores in China.

　　A. The; a

　　B. A; a

　　C. The; the

　　D. The; /

　　3. _______ size and population, how big is the European Union _________ China?

　　A. In terms of; compared with

　　B. In honor of; comparing with

　　C. In addition to; compared to

　　D. In favor of; compared to

　　4. —Did you get home a little earlier yesterday?

　　—No. It was six o’clock________ we got home.

　　A. that

　　B. when

　　C. since

　　D. after

　　5. More than 100 students have entered for the competition and________ gains the most points will be the winner.

　　A. anyone

　　B. the one

　　C. that

　　D. whoever

　　6. Two weeks ago in Guangzhou, a two-year-old girl, Yue Yue, was hit by a car seriously and left lying on the road with no one offering help, _____ a heated discussion on the Internet .

　　A. caused

　　B. to cause

　　C. causing

　　D. being caused

　　7. —Did Zhou Libo say anything that _____ you in Mr Zhou Live Show?

　　—Not really. Actually I slept through his performance.

　　A. adapted to

　　B. attached to

　　C. referred to

　　D. appealed to

　　8. Fortunately, with the help of some local villagers, rescuers were able to gain ________ to the disaster-hit area soon enough.

　　A. track

　　B. access

　　C. means

　　D. passage

　　9. After that, he knew he could ________any emergency by doing what he could to the best of his ability.

　　A. get away with

　　B. get on with

　　C. get through

　　D. get across

　　10. Nowadays, sending e-mails to each other has become a way ______________ what they think to others.

　　A. many a student expresses

　　B. in which more than one student express

　　C. that most of students express

　　D. the majority of students expresses

　　11. ______ providing entertainment, the website also turns out to be a helpful learning tool.

　　A. Far from

　　B. Apart from

　　C. Instead of

　　D. Regardless of

　　12. —I’m driving to Beijing after breakfast.

　　—Take care, with all this fog.

　　A. especially

　　B. mainly

　　C. extremely

　　D. really

　　13. —Have you understood what he really means?

　　—___________.

　　A. Now and then

　　B. More or less

　　C. From time to time

　　D. Here and there

　　14. A turning point of the continuously high housing price won’t appear suddenly because there must be a certain process _____ many factors lead to the change.

　　A. which

　　B. what

　　C. where

　　D. that

　　15. —You may find the key to the math problem on page 107.

　　—Ah, it’s so simple. I wonder why I _____ of that.

　　A. hadn’t thought

　　B. haven’t thought

　　C. didn’t think

　　D. wasn’t thinking