When _______ help, one often says “Thank you” or “It’s kind of you”.  

　  A. offering         B. to offer         C. to be offered   D. offered

The old woman ______ her sons and daughter ______ and see her from time to time.

    A. suggested; to come                                     B. desired; coming   

    C. desired; to come     D. hoped; to come

Harry Potter is such an interesting book ________ all kids like to read.

    A. as   B. that C. /        D. which

Another primary school is reported ______ for children in Wenchuan now.

A. to have been built   B. to have built   

C. to be building       D. being built

She had no idea how it ______ that her husband met with the same trouble.

    A. came across  B. came about   C. came out D. came up

–I’ll ask the teacher about the noun clause. I’m very puzzled about it.

   --That’s just ______ most of us have doubt.

    A. what B. why  C. where    D. how

I should have bought the beautiful vase, but I ____________enough money. 

A. didn’t have          B. don’t have           C. haven’t had          D. hadn’t had

–Do you think they have as many books as they’ve described?

   --Well, in my opinion, they have few books, if ______.

    A. some B. none C. any  D. many

It is Jack as well as his wife that is ______ for their son’s bad performance at school.

    A. blaming          B. to be blamed     C. blamed           D. to blame

The world considers Japan to be the best prepared to deal with an earthquake emergency. _______, the March 11 earthquake, followed by a strong tsunami minutes later, still left thousands of people dead.

A. Even though          B. As though        C. Even so          D. If so