______ has an internal clock that regulates the beating of our hearts, and the ______ of our breathing.
| A．Mankind; step | B．Human; pace |
| C．Human being; step | D．Man; pace |
Health care in remote mountainous areas is very limited as there are no doctors or nurses in the villages------no one has the __________ to pay them. This way sick people will __________ die.
| A．means, eventually | B．ways, mysteriously |
| C．methods, gradually | D．approaches, unfortunately |
Kerry isn’t working hard to __________ his wife and children, which in my opinion will __________ his marriage failure.
| A．bring up, add to | B．get hold of, lead to |
| C．provide for, contribute to | D．raise up, add up to |
------“The Leaning Tower of Pisa must be saved, __________ the cost.”
------“But Italy is now deep in the European Debt Crisis. It would be unlikely __________ its government hoped to ”
| A．however, even though | B．whatever, even if |
| C．whoever, as if | D．whichever, as though |
Had it not been for the fact that about 30 pupils __________ in the state of Connecticut a fortnight ago, their parents ___________ in deep sorrow now.
| A．had been killed, wouldn’t be |
| B．were killed, couldn’t be |
| C．would have been killed, mightn’t be |
| D．should be killed, wouldn’t be |
The boy insisted that he __________ nothing wrong and that he __________ at once.
| A．did, should be set free | B．should do, must be set free |
| C．do, should be set free | D．did, must be set free |