The Chinese are looking forward to the first_________to land on the moon after Yang Liwei’s successful trip to space.
| A．measure | B．attempt | C．purpose | D．desire |
India has a very large _______ of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.
| A．amount | B．deal | C．more | D．number |
All languages change and develop when cultures _______ and communicate with each other.
| A．appear | B．meet | C．change | D．develop |
I don’t want to end the friendship, but I hate others _______________.
| A．to gossip | B．gossip |
| C．have gossiped | D．gossiping |
It was the first time in _________ that I’d seen the night face to face.
| A．a year and half | B．a year and a half |
| C．a half and a year | D．half and a year |
Anne and her family hid away for nearly twenty-five months ________ they were discovered.
| A．when | B．after | C．before | D．since |