—Nancy, can you help me type this report, please?
—_______I have a lot of work to do.
| A．What for? | B．Why me? | C．That’s easy. | D．Don’t bother me. |
His album won several awards at the music festival, _______ was beyond his wildest dream.
| A．which | B．that | C．where | D．it |
Unemployment in USA is likely to remain high in 2010, and _______ for the next few years.
| A．possibly | B．necessarily | C．gradually | D．normally |
—Does it rain a lot in this area?
—_______, it hardly ever rains; the climate is like that of a desert.
| A．What’s worse | B．In other words | C．On the contrary | D．As a result |
______ it is true that a student’s most important goal is to do well in his or her studies, it doesn’t need to be the only goal.
| A．When | B．As | C．While | D．Before |
It will not be ________ we can meet again.
| A．long before | B．before long | C．soon after | D．shortly after |