He was unhappy when he sold his violin．After all，he ____________ it for a very long time．
| A．has had | B．had had | C．has | D．had |
The _____ you make, the _____ you will make.
| A．more efforts ; greater progress |
| B．greater progress ; greater efforts |
| C．more efforts ; more progresses |
| D．many more efforts ; much progress |
Where and when the meeting is to be held ______ our headmaster.
| A．depend on | B．is up to | C．relies on | D．decides by |
With a lot of difficult problems ________, the newly-elected president is going to have a hard time.
| A．settled | B．settling | C．to settle | D．to be settled |
Paris is situated _______ the River Seine.
| A．in | B．besides | C．over | D．on |
The book came out in 1973 and it _________into thirty languages ever since.
| A．translated | B．has been translated |
| C．has translated | D．was translated |