The recent earthquakes have caused concern because they happen _____ population centers and have caused huge damage.
| A．to be hit | B．hitting | C．having hit | D．to have hit |
What a terrible experience! _______, you’re safe now---that’s the main thing.
| A．Anyway | B．Besides |
| C．Otherwise | D．Therefore |
When seeing the film in the theatre, the audience were gasping (惊叹) _____ while falling-on-the-floor laughing.
| A．in disbelief | B．in vain |
| C．in detail | D．in doubt |
“Power sleeping” for more hours on weekends is only a _______ solution. There is no substitute for getting a good night’s sleep on a regular basis.
| A．permanent | B．pessimistic |
| C．temporary | D．Theoretical |
The sense of beauty that Zhouzhuang gave me lies in its pace of life, which ____ remains her own sense of time in close to a modern but not busy city: waters there are flowing the total time, quiet and slow.
| A．constantly | B．eventually |
| C．universally | D．stubbornly |
At times when the work ____ Mary, she likes to dream about going to a wonderland free of care or worries.
| A．sets down | B．takes down |
| C．gets down | D．settles down |