People are now seeking effective ways of using ______energy to create the greatest benefit.

A. little      
B. fewer          
C. less            
D. the least

Today we have too many choices of communication through advanced technology, but we
seem           the joy of communicating face to face.

A. losing    
B. to be losing  
C. to be lost  
D. having lost  

— Do you think he can get the first prize for jumping?  
—Impossible now. He     to do so, but he has just hurt his leg.   

A. would expect
B. was expected    
C.  has expected
D.  is expected

Our bad living habits will destroy the earth. Only by changing         we live can we save the earth.

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

When people first saw his paintings, they ______ that they were looking through a hole in a  
wall at a a real scene.

A. convince  
B. convinced  
C. were convinced  
D. convinced

The temple _______ on the top of the mountain .

A. is situated  
B. situates    
C. has situated  
D. is situating

— How are the things in your village?  
— Modern farming methods have been brought in and the  villagers are ____ now than before.  

A. well off        
B. better off  
C. badly off  
D. worse off

She is the only one among the ____ writers who _____   stories for children.  

A. woman; writes                
B. women; writes    
C. women; write                    
D. woman; write

She begins her life in a strange land, learning to navigate the distance between the old
world and her new _____.      

A. surroundings  
B. situation  
C. things  
D. matters

She _____  her carrer.   

A. devoted herself to    
B. devoted oneself to    
C. devote oneself to    
D. devote herself to