__________ news that the national football team was disqualified for the next World Cup finals came as no __________ surprise at all.
| A．/；a | B．The; / |
| C．A; a | D．The; a |
We won't know whether it will be successful. We won't know whether there will be good _____.
| A．ends | B．results | C．effects | D．causes |
The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.
| A．limitations | B．restraint | C．requirements | D．restrictions |
. He ate what he could, and gave the _____ of the food to the birds.
| A．remain | B．uneaten | C．rest | D．part |
Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want.
| A．efforts | B．pains | C．attempts | D．endeavors |
It isn't so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____.
| A．above all | B．in all | C．at all | D．after all |