—May I have a talk with one of your reporters？

  —Sorry, but all of them are out to ______the main events of the day.

A. find   B. get   C. cover     D. search

—What does 'GMT' ______?

—Greenwich Mean Time., I think.

A. call for             B. stand for     C. take the place of           D. symbolize

What he said and what he did _____ quite different.

  A. seems  B. are  C. is  D. sounds

They hand down the custom from generation to generation to keep their ______ of life alive.

A.way                          B.method                            C.means                       D.form

I wrote him a letter to show my _____ of his thoughtfulness.

  A. achievement          B. agreement

  C. attention               D. appreciation

I’m surprised that he _____ in the exam.

A. should fail    B. would have failed   C. may have failed   D. should have failed

It is ___ to be late.

       A. too good a chance       B. too a good chance

C.too good chance         D. too good chances

____she is !

        A.How nice a girl    B.How nice girl   C.What nice a girl  D.What nice girl

The rapidly growing birth rate brings about a lot of environment problems, which the government is supposed to take _____.

A. significantly  B. severely   C. earnestly  D. seriously

After dinner the minister made a short _____ to the guests.

A. delivery  B.pronunciation  C.conversation  D. speech