1. You can arrive in Beijing earlier for the meeting _____ you don’t mind taking the night train.

　　A. provided B. unless C. though D. until

　　2. The engineers are going through with their highway project, _____ the expenses have risen.

　　A. even though B. just because C. now that D. as though

　　3. This book will show you _____ can be used in other contexts.

　　A. how what you’ve observed B. how you’ve observed

　　C. that you've observed D. the thing what you’ve observed

　　4. Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, _____ obtaining water is not the least.

　　A. of which B. for what C. as D. whose

　　5. Most of his great novels and plays were not published or known to the public _____ his tragic death in 1786.

　　A. even before B. ever since C. until after D. until before

　　6 I will give this dictionary to _____ wants to have it.

　　A. whomever B. someone C. whoever D. anyone

　　7. The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the audience _____ on benches, chairs or boxes.

　　A. having seated B. seated

　　C. seating D. having been seated

　　8. I would have come sooner but I _____ that you were waiting.

　　A. didn’t know B. haven’t known C. hadn’t know D. hasn’t know

　　参考答案：

　　1A 2A 3A 4A 5C 6C 7D 8A