Out there, in the midst of the snow, ______ in long, black clothes．

    A．a woman sat                      B．sat a woman

    C．sitting a woman was              D．a woman was sitting

 The large grassland, reaching out far away, looks extremely beautiful(

    ______ the blue and clean sky．

    A．with           B．against        C．through                      D．beyond

 The teacher wrote an example on the blackboard to ___ the point．

    A．illustrate     B．suggest        C．express                      D．recognize

 —Any suggestion?

    —You'd better______the last sentence as it is rather misleading．

    —Sounds reasonable．Then could you ______ a good ending to it?

    A．put out; increase                B．leave out; add

    C．pick out; find                   D．knock out; choose

 Since the mid-1980's, growing numbers of Asians __    _ in New Zealand, and they ___about six percent of the total population．

    A．had settled; make of             B．have settled; make up

    C．settled; make up of              D．are settling; make up for

 If you write something and send it immediately by email, which you ___later regret, there is no chance for second thoughts．

    A．would          B．should                           C．have to   D．might

 Lucy's new job paid twice as much as she had made __      in the restaurant．

    A．working        B．work           C．to work        D．worked

 You'd better not leave the medicine __           kids can get at it．

    A．even if                          B．which          C．where      D．so that

 —What do you think of the new English teacher?

    —___she is an elegant lady, she can be extremely difficult to work with．

    A．Even if        B．When           C．While          D．Once

 You have no idea how she finished the relay race _    _ her foot wounded so much．

    A．for            B．when           C．with          D．while