1 . —Guess what! Alice has failed in the exam.
–—____? She is second to none in English in our class.

A．How is it

B．How come

C．What

D．What is it

2 . The president was so absorbed in his work that not a sound ______.

A．did she dare to make	B．dared she to make
C．she dared make	D．she did dare to make

3 . The song “In Spring”___ original singer is Wang Feng has brought national fame to Xuriyanggang, ____won the second place in the 2010 Avenue of Stars Finals.

A．who; whose

B．which; who

C．whose; who

D．of whom; who

4 . —What would you like to eat here?
— ____ but spaghetti, which is not to my taste.

A．Anything

B．Nothing

C．Something

D．Everything

5 . Tom’s parents were very worried because _______ little effort he made could hardly achieve the goal to be _______ captain of the team.

A．a; the

B．the; /

C．/; /

D．a; /

6 . Along with the letter was his promise _____ he would visit me this coming Christmas.

A．which

B．that

C．what

D．whether

7 . – I met Jackson at our school theatre. Can you imagine_____ well-known _____ an expert on ENT?

A．his becoming; as	B．to become; as
C．his becoming; for	D．to become; for

8 . –-I feel down now. All my work goes for nothing.
---___________. That’s life.

A．You are cut out for it.

B．It happens

C．No problem

D．That’s it

9 . The room is in a terrible mess; it ________have been cleaned.

A．can’t

B．mustn’t

C．shouldn’t

D．wouldn’t

10 . He tried his best to solve the problem，________difficult it was.

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