When Thanksgiving Day is the corner, stores and supermarkets are busy with people.
| A．around | B．on | C．with | D．at |
Unemployment in USA is likely to remain high in 2010, and _______ for the next few years.
| A．possibly | B．necessarily | C．gradually | D．normally |
—Does it rain a lot in this area?
—_______, it hardly ever rains; the climate is like that of a desert.
| A．What’s worse | B．In other words | C．On the contrary | D．As a result |
______ it is true that a student’s most important goal is to do well in his or her studies, it doesn’t need to be the only goal.
| A．When | B．As | C．While | D．Before |
It will not be ________ we can meet again.
| A．long before | B．before long | C．soon after | D．shortly after |
.George Washington was born in 1732 in a rich family in _______ is now the state of Virginia.
| A．which | B．where | C．that | D．what |