—Which of those electronic dictionaries do you like most?

        —        . They are both expensive and of little use.

    A. Both         B. None             C. Neither          D. All

no modern technology, the Egyptians had to move each stone by hand.

    A. It being     B. There being          C. There was            D. Being

The accident that happened at an oilfield           the southeast coast of the USA has caused great damage to the environment.

    A. away         B. from             C. beyond           D. off

I am familiar with his work and look forward to           of his view on literary and artistic creation.

    A. informing        B. be informed      C. being informed       D. have informed

To read newspapers before going to bed seemed to be a rule _____.

A. never to be broken               B. never to have broken   

C. never to be breaking             D. to never break

The danger of HINI was real, especially in the beginning,          little was known about the new disease.

    A. if               B. because          C. when             D. before

For those who don’t have          to safe water, life is a constant struggle.

    A. approach     B. access               C. way              D. passage

All over the world the mobile phone has leaped from being an impossible luxury in the early 1980s to        most people would now call a necessity.

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

The Washington-Beijing relationship was now about more than trade. It also covered climate and other matters of international         .

    A. standard     B. concern          C. expectation          D. chance

However, at times this balance in nature is disturbed,         a number of possibly unforeseen effects.

    A. lying in     B. calling in           C. resulting in         D. taking in