–What do you think we can do for our parents?

--You ____ do anything except to show your love -- a kind word, a warm smile and a helping hand.

A．can’t            B．oughtn’t to       C．don’t have to     D．mustn’t

Though I really enjoyed the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games, I found it rather difficult to understand the local people because of their confusing ____.

A．remark           B．accent            C．slogan            D．motto

Tom, would you like to stop practising B-Box? The CCTV news____ and I want to listen.

A．is broadcasting                         B．has been broadcasting

C．is broadcast                            D．is being broadcast

Mr. Smith often goes to the park near his house to ____ the pressure of work.

A．walk off           B．wear off           C．break down        D．burn out

It was yesterday ____ I saw her and it was almost 10 o’clock ____ she arrived.

A．when; when       B．that; that          C．when; that         D．that; when

–Tom, what’s the matter with you? You look so worn out!

--Nothing serious. I ____ my new house all the day and I am afraid I won’t finish until tomorrow afternoon.

A．have whitewashed                      B．am whitewashing

C．have been whitewashing                  D．shall be whitewashing

Confronted with the complex international situation, we need a foreign policy that is more ____.

A．symbolic          B．confidential        C．controversial       D．flexible

The incomes of skilled workers went up. ____, unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.

A．Meanwhile        B．Moreover         C．Therefore         D．Otherwise

–Mom, I will send you a gift for your birthday, ____ beyond your imagination.

--Oh, dear, thanks.

A．which            B．what             C．the one           D．something

____ the machine, the engineers paid much attention to the noise from it.

A．Having examined    B．Being examined     C．Examining         D．Examined