1 . Many major economic problems         to be solved, there is no point         the growth rate of this year now.

A．remained; to predict	B．remaining; to predict
C．remained; predicting	D．remaining; predicting

2 . After living in Paris for fifty years he returned to the small town ________ he grew up as a child.

A．which	B．where
C．that	D．when

3 . The cakes are delicious. He’d like to have ________ third one because ________ second one is rather too small.

A．a; a	B．the; the
C．a; the	D．the; a

4 . —Have you been wasting time on computer games again?
—_____. I’ve been studying a lot and I need a break.

A．No way	B．Not really
C．I don’t agree	D．I couldn’t agree more

5 . (2016·天津)The manager put forward a suggestion __________ we should have an assistant. There is too much work to do.

A．whether	B．that
C．which	D．what

6 . You should try to get a good night’s sleep ______ much work you have to do.

A．however	B．no matter
C．although	D．whatever

7 . Among ______ writers in the world, only a few will become famous later on in life, and ______writer is Mo Yan, who has received the Nobel Prize for literature recently.

A．so much; such a	B．many such; such one
C．so many; one such	D．so many; such one

8 . We only had $100 and that was ________ to buy a new computer.

A．nowhere near enough	B．near enough nowhere
C．enough near nowhere	D．near nowhere enough

9 . Tony is going camping with ___________ boys.

A．little two other	B．two little other
C．two other little	D．little other two

10 . The climate here is quite pleasant, the temperature rarely, ________, reaching 30℃ in summer.

A．if not

B．if ever

C．if any

D．if so