______ it is hoped that college students should be equipped with the ability to take a good set of notes, this is not always the case.
| A．When | B．While | C．As | D．Unless |
___you choose , you must stand by your decision .
| A．Wherever | B．Whenever | C．However | D．Whichever |
___Chief Engineer , as his family had expected , made his father happy and proud .
| A．Mike being appointed | B．Mike’s appointed |
| C．Mike appointing | D．Mike’s being appointed |
---How about your travel ?
----You can hardly imagine what difficulty we had ___the vast desert .
| A．exploring | B．explored | C．to explore | D．explore |
After he retired from office, Rogers ______ painting for a while, but soon lost interest.
| A．took up | B．saved up | C．kept up | D．drew up |
The music of the film _________ by him sounds so ___________ .
| A．playing, exciting | B．played, excited | C．playing, excited | D．played, exciting |