________ hard one may work, one cannot master a foreign language in a month or two.
| A．Whenever | B．Wherever |
| C．Whatever | D．However |
From the cheers and shouts of _________, I gathered that he was winning the race.
| A．promise | B．urgency | C．encouragement | D．hesitation |
—How did you ________ with that idea?
—I read a book.
| A．come up | B．take off | C．run over | D．make up |
The Open University can _______ you with different kinds of free instructions.
| A．give | B．supply | C．apply | D．benefit |
After four months of investigating, she was found guilty, and lost her job _______ of it.
| A．as consequence | B．at a consequence |
| C．in consequence | D．with a consequence |
This noon my boss replied _______ the invitation ______ before he went home.
| A．on; receiving | B．to; received | C．on; accepted | D．to; accepting |