______ is important now for the Chinese economy is to adapt to the new normal.
| A．What | B．That | C．It | D．As |
—Alice, you have won the first place!
—Pardon? I ______ I would fail the exam this time.
| A．think | B．thought | C．have thought | D．am thinking |
Microsoft ended support for Windows XP after April 8, which _______a major operating system for some Chinese computer users, and advised users to upgrade to Windows 8.1.
| A．remained | B．remains | C．is remaining | D．is remained |
The CCTV show Chinese Characters Dictation Competition has taken the country by storm, which is partly designed to arouse people’s _______ in the Chinese language.
| A．response | B．enthusiasm | C．significance | D．consequence |
—Don’t be a slave to work, Ralph! You must take it easy sometimes.
—I can’t help it._________.
| A．Easier said than done | B．Nothing is easier than fault-finding |
| C．Easy come, easy go | D．Easy does it |
—I’m afraid you missed a fantastic lecture yesterday. How come you were absent from it?
—If you _______ know, I asked for a day off and visited a relative of mine in hospital.
| A．might | B．may | C．shall | D．must |