（浙江卷9）. It is uncertain __ side effect the medicine will bring about, although about two thousand patients have taken it.

  A. that                B. what             C. how              D. whether

（陜西卷20）. John thinks it won’t be long        he is ready for his new job.                

  A. when              B. after             C. before            D. since

（江蘇卷32）. The newly built café, the walls of_______ are painted light green, is really a peaceful place for us, specially after hard work.

A. that            B. it               C. what          D. which

（山東卷29）. The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already ______ for a meal to be cooked.

  A. laid            B. laying        C. to lay          D. being laid

 (浙江卷17). "You __ have a wrong number," she said. "There's no one of that name here. "

     A. need                B. can                   C. must          D. would

--Shall we discuss the problem at the meeting today?

  ---We’d better not.   ,the problem isn’t so burning. What’s more, the manager won’t be back until tomorrow.

A. Begun with  B. Beginning with  C. To begin with   D. Being begin with

He works in a factory now, but he   on a farm for 20 years.

A. worked   B. has worked      C. had worked  D. had been working

As a famous Chinese saying  , he who doesn’t reach the Great Wall isn’t a true man.

A. means  B. goes   C. speaks   D. works

He     20 dollars for his old bike the other day.

A. paid  B. took   C. spent   D. offered

The captain told the sailors to  their sprits when they were on the point of giving up.

A. keep up  B. pick up   C. take on   D. go on