I ______ to reach the manager for the last two hours but the line is always busy．
| A．tried | B．have tried |
| C．had tried | D．have been trying |
China Daily is _______ a newspaper, it can also help us to improve our English.
| A．no more than | B．not more than | C．less than | D．more than |
____ we move the picture over there? Do you think it’ll look better?
| A．What about | B．How far | C．What if | D．How come |
The population of Africa is ________ so rapidly as to cause concern of the whole world.
| A．expanding | B．circulating | C．exporting | D．spreading |
Most senior high school students are working hard day and night to pass the college entrance examination, gaining ______ to a university.
| A．application | B．admission | C．connection | D．agreement |
On his way to the airport, it ________ him all of a sudden that he had forgotten her birthday.
| A．hit | B．knocked | C．occurred | D．beat |