12. ____ the police know the killer's identity, they are getting close to catching him.
| A．Even if | B．Although | C．Now that | D．As long as |
Frankly speaking, I’d rather you ________ anything about it for the time being.
| A．didn’t do | B．haven’t done | C．don’t do | D．shouldn’t do |
This article may shock some sensitive readers, I offer my apologies in advance.
| A．from whom | B．for whom | C．to whom | D．towards whom |
After years of hard work, he has at last achieved his lifelong __________ of launching a newspaper, which is very popular with teenagers.
| A．motivation | B．appetite | C．ambition | D．privilege |
He lay in bed，listening to the rain the window．
| A．hitting | B．defeating | C．beating | D．striking |
—It seems that Westerners seldom give their friends financial help．
—Maybe．For them friendship is mostly matter of providing emotional support and spending time together．
| A．／；the | B．the；a | C．／；a | D．a; the |