______ some problems have arisen in the process, we are confident that we can handle them.
| A．As | B．If | C．While | D．Since |
As the old empires were broken up and new states were formed, new official tongues began to _____ at an increasing rate.
| A．bring up | B．build up | C．spring up | D．strike up |
The hunterhis gun under the tree where he was .
| A．lay; lieing | B．laid; lying | C．lied; laying | D．lay; lying |
Theof the students in our classgirls.
| A．majority, are | B．most, are | C．majorities, are | D．majority, is |
The news he looked forward to.
| A．came at lastest | B．coming at the least |
| C．coming at the lastest | D．came recently |
Only after liberationto be treated as human beings.
| A．did they begin | B．they had begun | C．they did begin | D．had they begun |