1 . Li Yong made up his mind to devote all he could       his oral English before going abroad.

A．to improving

B．improve

C．improving

D．to improve

2 . _____ from the top of the tower , the south foot of the mountain is a sea of trees .

A．Seen

B．Seeing

C．Have seen

D．To see

3 . If Joe’s wife won’t go to the party,________.

A．he will either	B．neither will he
C．he neither will	D．either he will

4 . (2013·甘肃部分示范学校调研考试)We often provide our children with toys, footballs or basketballs, ________ that all children like these things.

A．thinking	B．think
C．to think	D．thought

5 . I insisted he______ back the wallet to the lady, but he insisted he______it.

A．handed; didn’t steal	B．hand; hadn’t stolen
C．hand; not steal	D．handed; hadn’t stolen

6 . Believe it or not, the ancient Chinese painting is worth more than _____ dollars!

A．two million

B．two million of

C．two millions

D．two millions of

7 . Sometimes ______ English is quite different from ______ English in many ways.

A．speaking; writing

B．spoken; written

C．speaking; written

D．spoken; writing

8 . Xiao Hong worked harder last year.______, she still didn’t get high grades.

A．As a result	B．After all
C．By the way	D．However

9 . The employee you have been thinking highly of ____ reliable.

A．proves

B．proving

C．to prove

D．being proved

10 . In this factory there are 2,000 workers, two thirds of      are women.

A．them	B．which
C．who	D．whom