While the language barrier was once an obstacle to trade________




A.the case doesn't longer exist
B.the technical case is now no more
C.which is no longer the case
D.the technical hurdle is now the case.

What the politician was saying fell on deaf ears last night.




A.No one took notice of what the politician was saying last night.
B.What the politician was saying deafened the listeners last night.
C.The politician fell deaf when he was speaking last night.
D.No one listened to what the politician was saying last night because they had deaf ears.

This estimated number was presented by _______.




A.a governmental office
B.the parents
C.home-schooled children
D.school teachers

A.emit
B.indeed
C.belong
D.private

It was an interesting novel. I stayed up all night to finish it.




A.The novel was so interesting that I stayed up all night to finish it.
B.Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.
C.I stayed up all night to finish the novel so it was interesting.
D.Unless it were an interesting novel, I would not stay up all night to finish it.

I was wakened by the sound of someone ________ on the door.




A.bumping
B.crashing
C.hitting
D.knocking

I was surprised to find my French was still ________ good. I could use it to speak during the meeting.




A.pretty
B.hard
C.prettily
D.hardly

The writer Kate Millett was forced to stay in a psychiatric hospital by her family.




A.Problems with her family made the writer Kate Millett go to a psychiatric hospital.
B.The writer Kate Millett's family made her stay in a psychiatric hospital.
C.Together with her family, the writer Kate Millett was made to go into a psychiatric hospital.
D.The family of the writer Kate Millett convinced her to remain in a psychiatric hospital.

It is time the government helped the unemployment to find some jobs.




A.some
B.unemployment
C.time
D.helped

________is a normal reaction to everyday stressful events.




A.To be nervous
B.Feeling nervous
C.Feel nervous
D.Be nervous