________ unemployment insurance would mean telling millions of our neighbors who are out of work today that they’re on their own.
| A．Cut | B．Cutting | C．Having cut | D．Being cut |
--- Do you think he will come to my birthday party?
--- _________.
--- That’s good. Everyone is expecting him.
| A．You can rely on it | B．I don’t know for sure |
| C．It depends | D．Don’t worry |
--- I think what he has done for the company deserves__________ at the meeting.
--- I can’t agree more.
| A．being praised | B．praised | C．to praise | D．praising |
We do hope that one day the Chinese language will become a __________ language, that is, everyone in the world will communicate in it.
| A．common | B．universal | C．popular | D．sensitive |
Before long the Greens moved to a bigger city ____ the children could attend a better high school.
| A．even if | B．so that | C．now that | D．as if |
Recently, some Internet rumors(谣言) appeared on the Internet. ________, they destroyed the trust of the public to our government and society.
| A．In a word | B．Above all | C．on the contrary | D．As a result |