No matter how________, it is not necessarily lifeless.
| A．a desert may be dry | B．dry a desert may be |
| C．may a desert be dry | D．dry may a desert be |
All of my classmates have __________ fond of the new teacher since he came to teach us.
| A．gone | B．become |
| C．changed | D．had |
I __________ read books rather than go to the countryside this weekend.
| A．prefer to | B．prefer |
| C．am preferring | D．am preferring to |
As is known to all, earthquakes are ___________ disasters _________ can destroy buildings and kill people.
| A．nature; that | B．natural; which |
| C．nature; who | D．natural; what |
The speaker _________ his voice to make herself heard.
| A．rose | B．lifted |
| C．raised | D．reduced |
After the quake, the whole city lay in ____ ruins. However, with all the efforts, ________ new Tangshan was born.
| A．/; a | B．the; / |
| C．/; the | D．the; the |