Now that you have a job, you must exert (努力) yourself in ______ you do at work.
| A．however | B．no matter what | C．no matter how | D．whatever |
You’d better set a ______ at the beginning of the new term, and then try your best to achieve it.
| A．score | B．signal | C．direction | D．goal |
Mother told her son that it would be half a year ______ she could come back from American.
| A．since | B．before | C．that | D．when |
Much to my _____, my family were all safe and sound in the fierce flood.
| A．surprise | B．disappointment | C．relief | D．shelter |
Some animals in _____ wild are now in ______ great danger of disappearing because of human activities.
| A．the, / | B．a, a | C．the, the | D．/, the |
--- Have you moved into the new house?
--- Not yet. The walls ______.
| A．were painted | B．were being painted | C．are painted | D．are being painted |