The government will begin a series of      to help the public fully understand the new educational system.

A. expectations      B. occasions

C. presentations    D. assumptions

Over the past decades, the population in this country       because of the rising birth rate, immigration and the declining death rate.

A. has been increasing         B. have been increasing

C. had increased              D. have increased

Not ever       to “Shanzhamei”, a country girl, that she could be the first runner-up of 2013 on the Avenue of stars, CCTV .

A. it occurred       B. it occurs

C. has it occurred    D. did it occur

Violence of any sort will be     as evil by the entire international community.

A. condemned     B. scolded

C. criticized   D. blamed

Children are       to meet with setbacks as they grow up, so their parents don’t have to worry about it.

A. reasonable     B. stable    C. bound    D. skilful

You’d better let each student read       his own tastes and choices.

A. in need of    B. in favor of

C. in terms of   D. in spite of

The activity is held annually in Chinatown with the purpose of      the Chinese tradition.

A. keeping off    B. keeping up

C. keeping back   D. keeping out

—Wow, where is my purse?

---     ! We will be late for the picnic.

A. Come on           B. Don’t worry

C. Take your time    D. Take it easy

It is not always easy for the public to see _______ use a new invention can be of to human life.

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

_______ that we can't get the necessary equipment, we will have to give up the

experiment.

A. To assume    B. Assume    C. Assumed    D. Assuming