________ three times，but she still couldn’t follow what the old man said．
| A．Having told | B．Having been told |
| C．She had been told | D．Though she had been told |
—Could you tell me something about Holland in Europe?
—It is a small country ______ size and population.
| A．in face of | B．in terms of |
| C．in need of | D．in case of |
— What is the man, do you know?
— I don’t know exactly. But I think he can be _______ but a teacher.
| A．anybody | B．something | C．anything | D．everybody |
In china, the number of cities is increasing ________development is recognized across the world.
| A．where | B．which | C．whose | D．that |
______ is known to us all is that the old worker, ______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his seventies.
| A．As; whom | B．What; whom |
| C．It; whose | D．What; whose |
In the Olympic Games, swimming is ______ second ______ importance only to track and field event.
| A．the; to | B．/; to | C．the; in | D．/; in |