1 . He is sure to ________ with the help of Mrs. Li.

A．make a progress	B．make progresses
C．make the progress	D．make progress

2 . The factory now employs________.

A．sixty staff of member	B．sixty members of staffs
C．sixty staffs	D．sixty staff members

3 . He has ________ for language, while his sister is a ________ pianist.

A．gift, gifted

B．a gift; gifted

C．a present; gifted

D．a gift; gift

4 . When I miss my family, it’s ______great comfort to have a ________ family to be with.

A．a; substitute	B．a; replace
C．/; substitute	D．/; replace

5 . The new law has come into________；surely it will have________on industry of the country.

A．affect；an effect	B．effect；affect
C．effect；an effect	D．an effect；an effect

6 . _______came that he was punished by the King for he didn’t________.

A．A word, keep his words	B．The word, keep his word
C．Word, keep a word	D．Word, keep his word

7 . 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

8 . Last year John earned _______ his brother did, who has a better position in a bigger company.

A．twice as many as	B．twice as much as
C．twice as more as	D．twice much as

9 . A group of children___ around the old man, listening to him telling the story and they____when it came to something really interesting.

A．were gathered, held their breaths

B．gathered, held their breath

C．gathered, held their breaths

D．were gathered, held their breath

10 . ——Excuse me, is the supermarket far from here?
—— No, it’s about ________.

A．7 minutes walk	B．7 minute walk
C．7 minutes’ walk	D．7 minute’s walk