1 . It is the ________ in this country to go out and pick flowers on the first day of the spring．

A．use	B．custom
C．habit	D．normal

2 . My brother is on a special _______ to lose   ________weight.

A．food; /	B．food; his
C．diet; /	D．diet; his

3 . The new medical care policy will be _____ to us all.

A．great beneficial	B．of greatly benefit
C．of much benefit	D．of great beneficial

4 . The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old ____ about the return of the spirits of dead people.

A．beliefs	B．relief
C．brief	D．chiefs

5 . Too much smoking and drinking ________ him greatly，which meant bad living habits had an ______ on his health.

A．affect；effect	B．affected；effect
C．affected；effects	D．affect；effects

6 . In case of emergency, whether knowing how to apply first aid or not really ________ in matters concerning wounds like swollen wrists, broken arms, burns, cuts, and so on.

A．makes difference	B．makes a difference
C．makes differences	D．makes different

7 . If you don’t know that _____ is the mother of success, you are sure to be _____ in life.

A．failure; failure	B．a failure; a failure
C．a failure; failure	D．failure; a failure

8 . This dictionary is_______ to my translation, but that one is________.

A．a great help ; of no use	B．very helpful; of no any use
C．great help; helpless	D．important; of few importance

9 . What surprised me was not what he said but _______ he said it.

A．the way	B．in the way that
C．in the way	D．the way which

10 . Today CCTV offers a great of programmes to meet different need and .

A．variety; tastes

B．many; interests

C．deal; likes

D．number; habits