—Can I pay the bill by check?

—Sorry, sir. But it is the management rules of our hotel that payment        be made in cash.

A．shall         B．need         C．will          D．can

They told me it would be cheap but        it cost me nearly $ 500.

A．in a word         B．at last       C．in fact      D．as a result

        from other continents for millions of years, so it has many plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.

A．Having been separated                                 B．Separated

C．It has been separated                                   D．Having separated

Her question was so difficult that I could hardly make any        of it at all.

A．sense        B．meaning    C．explanation       D．idea

Well, that’s just the deal.        Price will be out of my reach.

A．The higher       B．A highest   C．The highest      D．A higher

        , I have never seen anyone who’s as capable as John.

A．As long as I have seen much of the world

B．Much as I have seen the world

C．Now that I have seen much of the world      

D．As I have seen much of the world

New York        second in the production of apples, producing 850,000,000 pounds this year.

A．occupied   B．ranked      C．arranged   D．classified

—You look so upset, Jane.        ?

—I have been told my father has got lung cancer.

A．What’s up        B．What’s for              C．So what    D．Guess what

His plan was such a good one        we all agreed to put into practice.

A．so     B．which       C．that   D．as

—Have you seen the film “the Song of Music?”

—Not yet, but I        .

A．expect to  B．think so    C．expect so  D．expect not