Sporting events

a. whichever    b. however   c. whatever   d. whenever
6. he found _____very difficult to get to sleep.
  a. this        b. that        c. its          d. it
7. great changes _____ in china in the past few years.
  a. were taken place  b. took place   c. have been taken place  d. have taken place
8. ---when and where ____ the first modern olympics held? ---1896 in athens, greece.
  a. were       b. was         c. are        d. is
9. the founding of the people’s republic of china is a great ____ in the history.
  a. affair       b. business     c. matter     d. event
10. this is a very interesting book. i’ll buy it,__________.
a. how much may it cost           b. no matter how it may cost
c. however much it may cost        d. how may it cost
11. i shall be delighted ______ with you.
   a. go         b. going       c. to go       d. to going
12. she published her novels _____ a man’s name, which she thought was easier to gain popularity.    a. in  b. by      c. under   d. at
13. －tom, you are caught late again.   －oh, _________.
 a. not at all  b. just my luck    c. never mind    d. that’s all right
14. we don’t allow _____ in the reading room. who has allowed you _____ here?
   a. smoking; to smoke    b. to smoke; smoking  c. smoking; smoking  d. to smoke; to smoke
15. playing tricks on others is _____  we should never do.
   a. anything     b. something     c. everything     d. nothing
16. --- the last one _______ pays the meal.    --- agreed!
   a. arrived      b. arrives       c. to arrive      d. arriving
17. he went back to the hall to try his _____ at finding his lost gold watch, but never found it.