1. Only a short-sighted man will lose _______ sight of the importance of education.
A. a B. the C. / D. an
2. The sentence just doesn’t ___________, no matter how you read it.
A. make a sense B. make sense C. make the sense D. make senses
3. Eating too much fat can contribute _________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.
A. for B. in C. to D. on
4. The road worker she met yesterday ___________ be her long-lost brother.
A. turned out to B. turned to C. turned out D. turned
5. In all his life, Dickens wrote a large number of excellent novels, some of which ______ still popular.
A. are B. is C. were D. was
6. To avoid _________, the team wore different-coloured uniforms.
A. confusing B. being c onfusing C. confused D. being confused
7. I often stay up late into the night, _________ leads to my sleeping in class.
A. that B. which C. it D. that
8. We can go on Tuesday or Friday, _______ you prefer.
A. whichever B. whatever C. no matter what D. no matter whichever
9. _______ he was admitted to Tsinghua University---- he was so clever and hard-working.
A. No wonder B. Even if C. Now that D. As if
10. The air quality in the city, ________ is shown in the report, has improved over the past two months.
A. it B. that C. which D. as