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1. Good technique in medicine means less pain and fewer deaths and, _____ it is our duty to master it.

   A. altogether             B. therefore

   C. otherwise             D. however

2. In the office I never seem to have time until after 5:30 p. m. , _____ many people have got home.

   A whose time            B. that

   C. on which             D. by which time

3. Tom’s mother kept telling him that he should work harder, but _____ didn’t help.

   A. he          B. which            C. she           D. it

4. _____ Kate and Joan who taught Tom the nice song last night?

   A. Was it                B. Were there

   C. Will it be             D. Must it have been

5. No matter what you say, I shall _____ my opinion.

    A. carry out               B. keep up

    C. insist on               D. stick to

6. Cleaning women in big cities usually get _____ by the hour.

    A. pay        B. paying          C. paid           D. to pay

7. With his money　　　, he couldn’t go home.

    A. leaving                B. missed

    C. running out            D. run out

8. Sometimes we are asked _____ the likely result of an action will be.

    A. that we think         B. what we think

    C. what do we think      D. that what we think

9. I don’t think _____ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.

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

10. We were in _____ when we left that we forgot the airline tickets.

      A. a rush so anxious        B. a such anxious rush

      C. so an anxious rush       D. such an anxious rush