_____ in one leg, George could not have a chance to get a job.

     A. He was weak and lame                          B. Though weak and lame

C. Week and lame                                      D. Weak and lame as he was

      All women want to escape from kitchen, _____ the limited place _____ society expects them to fill.

     A. which, that               B. /, where                   C. where, which       D. /, /

      How can a country where teachers devote all their class hours to training students to take exams_____ to compete in the technology race with other countries?

     A. expect                      B. expecting                  C. being expected          D. be expected

 _____ think of their plan, no one can deny that they are bold and have much imagination.

     A. Whatever we may     B. No matter how we may    C. Much as we may      D. If we may

They _____ suspect that their secret has been disclosed.

     A. little                         B. a little                       C. too little                    D. so little

Discovery in a South African cave suggests that modern human behavior _____ much earlier than _____.

     A. begin, previously thought                       B. began, previously thought

C. should begin, previous thinking               D. began, previous thinking

       I showed him my new dress but I _____ tell him how much it cost.

      A. dared not to                     B. dared not           C. dares not           D. does not dare

Until last century _____heard of online education.

      A. many Americans had never                     B. had many Americans never

      C. many Americans had                             D. had many Americans

       Now that energy prices are rising so rapidly, further prices are much uncertain, and the risk _____ a new investment depending on them may fail is greater.

A. by which                  B. of                            C. that                          D. in that

—Shall I get you something from the supermarket?

      —Oh, let me see, _____ please.

      A. food of a week worth                                   B. food of a week’s worth 

C. a week worth food                                D. a week’s worth of food