-Thanks for your help, but can you do me one more favor, please?
-__________，sir. What's it then?
| A．Just a minute |
| B．It's my pleasure |
| C．That's right |
| D．At your service |
43. The Chinese people consider dragon as a ______ of China.
| A．sign | B．mark | C．character | D．Symbol |
42. 
______ this fact, French still has an impact on the English language.
| A．although | B．In spite | C．Despite | D．Even if |
41. This is a ______ problem, which can be seen from her ______ look.
| A．confusing, confusing | B．confused, confusing |
| C．confusing, confused | D．confused, confused |
40. It is obvious that lung diseases are____smoking.
| A．linked to | B．related with | C．resulted in | D．led to |
39. As we have known from the map of the world, this is ______.
| A．twice as large an island as that | B．twice as larger as that island |
| C．as twice as that one | D．twice as a large island as that |