第一节单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
What surprised me was not what he said but________ he said it .
| A．the way | B．in the way that | C．in the way | D．the way which |
How long is it ________________ we last had a picnic together?
| A．until | B．before | C．that | D．Since |
—What do you think of the concert?
—I really enjoy it. I didn’t expect it was ____________ wonderful.
| A．as | B．more | C．most | D．Very |
His best-known work that is ___________ all praise can be seen in the museum.
| A．with | B．beyond | C．without | D．Within |
Europe has achieved more in controlling the AIDS virus than Asia in the past ten years, _________ the number of people infected with the virus is going up sharply.
| A．when | B．that | C．so that | D．Where |
For most Americans, their 18th birthdaythe end of one part of their life and beginning of another.
| A．predicts | B．tells | C．marks | D．Signs |