------- What is the price of petrol these days 
-------Oh, it ______ sharply since last month.
| A．is raised | B．has risen | C．has arisen | D．is increased |
With a lot of difficult problems ________, the newly-elected president is going to have a hard time.
| A．settled | B．settling | C．to settle | D．to be settled |
Paris is situated _______ the River Seine.
| A．in | B．besides | C．over | D．on |
The book came out in 1973 and it _________into thirty languages ever since.
| A．translated | B．has been translated |
| C．has translated | D．was translated |
Theworkershaveproduced_______thisyearastheydidtwoyearsago.
| A．astwicemuchcotton | B．twiceasmuchcotton |
| C．twicecottonasmuch | D．cottontwiceasmuch |
Seeing the owner, away ________.
| A．the thief ran | B．the thief runs | C．did the thief ran | D．ran the thief |