________ lack of interest, Tom kept trying hard to catch up with others.

     A．Although         B．In spite           C．Though          D．Despite  

 As far as I see, ________ is no possibility ________ he will win the tennis match this time.

     A．it; that         B．there; that         C．it; whether          D．there; whether 

 ________, he also had a son in college who had taken a bank loan to pay for his studies.

     A．Make matters worse                   B．What worse

     C．To make matters worse                D．To make thing worse  

 The letter was so badly written that I couldn’t _________ it． 

     A．make sense     B．make sense of     C．make sense in   D．take sense of

 Mount Wuyi is such an attractive place of interest ________ everyone likes to visit.

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

 The boy burst into tears ________ he saw his mother.

     A．at the moment    B．in a moment      C．for a moment   D．the moment

 ________, I could not memorize the text.

     A．However hard did I try                B．However hard I tried

     C．However I tried hard                 D．However I had tried hard   

 Raising environmental awareness was the aim of our art exhibition ____ last week.

     A．to hold              B．held                   C．having held        D．being held

 _________ he was, he still went on with his work.

     A．Tired although                                   B．Tiring as      

       C．Tired though                                   D．While tired  

 It was the training ________ he had as a young man ________ made him so excellent.

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