______ number of people who use English as ______ second language is increasing in China.
| A．A; a | B．A; the | C．The; a | D．The; the |
_______ reason you may give , you ought not to have left homework unfinished.
| A．What | B．No matter | C．However | D．Whatever |
It seemed only several minutes _______ he finished this painting .
| A．after | B．before | C．when | D．until |
I’ll lend you my car _______ you return it intact.
| A．so far as | B．as long as | C．unless | D．until |
The secretary made a note of it _______ she should forget.
| A．in order that | B．in case | C．So that | D．ever when |
No matter ______ says no to us , we will return to our motherland.
| A．whoever | B．who | C．what | D．whatever |