By making friends with the native speakers, one can _________ a lot of their language.
| A．take up | B．set up | C．pick up | D．put up |
e-commerce worries some merchants, it contributes to the development of delivery industries.
| A．When | B．Unless | C．While | D．Until |
Paying to see that movie seems foolish you can see it on television for free.
| A．before | B．though | C．when | D．once |
―Do you still live in the countryside?
―Yes. I don’t want to leave the house, it is very shabby.
| A．though | B．because |
| C．once | D．as |
Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, he still lives a simple and quiet life.
| A．Even if | B．As long as |
| C．On condition that | D．As if |
(2013·亳州模拟) difficult and challenging the task may be, we must finish it on time, because there is a possibility we’ll be fired if we can’t fulfill the task on time.
| A．Whatever; that | B．However; that |
| C．Whatever; which | D．However; as |