The heat in the desert is__________; therefore there are few plants growing there.
| A．hot | B．wide | C．serious | D．extreme |
_____ everyone here, I wish you a pleasant journey back to your country.
| A．By means of | B．On behalf of |
| C．In search of | D．For fear of |
We’d better ____ some sports because sports can give us a perfect build and protect us from getting illness easily.
| A．take up | B．make up |
| C．pick up | D．build up |
Clothing made of man-made materials has advantage over ____ made of natural ones like cotton, wool or silk.
| A．one | B．what |
| C．that | D．the ones |
What surprised me most was ____ to meet his girlfriend again.
| A．not his allowing | B．his not being allowed |
| C．his being not allowed | D．his having not been allowed |
--- Steven, where did you come across the famous novelist from England?
--- Believe it or not, it was in the supermarket ____ we went shopping last Sunday.
| A．which | B．that |
| C．there | D．where |