1. The significance of 2010 Expo Shanghai lies in the opportunities it has provided for visitors to consider what would make for ______ better city and what should be ______ yardstick to improve city life.

A. a, the                      B. the, a                C. a, /                          D. the, /

2. No matter how I tried to read it, I just couldn’t make_____ of this sentence.

A. meaning    B. thought     C. sense     D. scene