Though having discussed it for long, they still haven’t reached an agreement       they should pour more money into the project.

    A．that           B．if             C．whether        D．what

 --- How do you find the movie The Cove?

    ---          sad. It          a bloody picture of dolphins being killed.

    A．Looks; presents                                    B．Looking; presents

    C．Looks; presented                                   D．Looked; presented

 They want to employ 90 people,        last year.

    A．three times as many as           B．more than three times

    C．as three times as                                  D．three times that they did

 The company has changed some of its working practices        complaints and criticism from the customers.

    A．in respect to                    B．in return for

    C．in exchange for                                    D．in response to

 --- I hear you        at Smith’s.

    --- Yes, I       there for about three months.

    A．work; had been working          

    B．worked; was working

    C．are working; have been working  

    D．worked; have worked

 --- I think this accident happened for many reasons.

    --- Richard is partly to blame,        way you look at it.

    A．what           B．which          C．whatever       D．whichever

 The newspapers in my hometown don’t contain as many colorful pages as the ones in Nanjing

            .

    A．contain        B．do             C．appear         D．seem

 What a pity! All his property, the books, the pictures and the house,       consumed by the big fire.

    A．were           B．was            C．had been       D．have been

 I dislike        when I am left alone to start a conversation with a stranger.

    A．that           B．this           C．it             D．one

 Most pop music is influenced,         a greater or lesser degree, by the blues.

    A．to             B．on             C．for            D．within