By improving reading skills, you can read faster and understand more of ________you once thought impossible to understand.
| A．that | B．whether | C．which | D．what |
“Don’t worry.” she said, _________ her hand on my shoulder.
| A．lying | B．lay | C．laying | D．laid |
Last month, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods, from _______ effects the people are still suffering.
| A．their | B．which | C．those | D．whose |
The chief reason for the population growth is not so much a _________ in birth rates but a fall in death rates.
| A．shock | B．surprise | C．well | D．rise |
We then moved to Chicago in 1995, _____we lived for six years.
| A．when | B．where | C．that | D．which |
Anyone, whether he is a president or a bus driver, should be ___ respected.
| A．especially | B．reasonably |
| C．naturally | D．equally |