First impressions are the most lasting.After all, you never get ________ second chance to make ________ first impression.
| A．a; the | B．the; the |
| C．a; a | D．the; a |
—What do you think of Mrs. Smith?
—She is _______ of a good housewife, for her children’s room is always a terrible mess.
| A．nobody | B．somebody |
| C．something | D．nothing |
The charity sale our school organizes every year has taught us much. _______ we would never have learned it in class.
| A．Therefore | B．Meanwhile |
| C．Otherwise | D．Instead |
As is known to all, Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city in the world, _____.
| A．Paris is the largest | B．Paris the largest |
| C．Paris to be the largest | D．Paris be the largest |
Chinese vessels ________ 646,000 square kilometers in the southern Indian Ocean in search of the missing Malaysian flight MH370.
| A．have covered | B．have looked |
| C．have travelled | D．have reached |
Some experts say _______ birthrate of Chinese, after the one-child policy is relaxed, can see _______ modest increase in future.
| A．the; a | B．a; a | C．a; / | D．the; the |