_________ you decide to spend your tim...

单项选择题_________ you decide to spend your time, one thing is certain: you’ll arrive at your destination.

A．What
B．Whatever
C．How
D．However

1.单项选择题_________ is not a serious disadvantage in life.

A．Not being tall
B．Not to be tall
C．Being not tall
D．To be not tall

2.单项选择题Dried leaves continue to hang on the branches of some deciduous trees _________ the new leaves appear.

A．until
B．by
C．that
D．from

3.单项选择题_________, meteorologists hope to learn how to keep its damage to a minimum.

A．Lightning studied by
B．Lightning is studied by
C．The study of lightning
D．By studying lightning

4.单项选择题The _________ last thing Peter wants now is to enter for the annual 24-day bike race.

A．very
B．most
C．extremely
D．utterly

5.单项选择题More often than not, it is difficult to _________ the exact meaning of a Chinese idiom in English.

A．exchange
B．transfer
C．convey
D．convert

6.单项选择题The scheme was _________ when it was discovered it would be very costly.

A．resigned
B．surrendered
C．released
D．abandoned

7.单项选择题The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighboring country, _________ by the police each time.

A．had been captured
B．being always captured
C．only to be captured
D．unfortunately captured

8.单项选择题_________ I like economies, I like sociology much better.

A．As much as
B．So much
C．How much
D．Much as

9.单项选择题The meeting has been canceled. Ann _________ all that work.

A．need to do
B．need have
C．needn't have done
D．needed not to do

10.单项选择题The reason for the traffic accident was _________ one of the drivers had lost control of his car.

A．why
B．when
C．that
D．how