——Why are the tax collectors so busy?
——Many people prefer to have their tax forms completed by a professional rather than ___.
A.do it themselves | B.doing it themselves |
C.to do it themselves | D.done by themselves |
If we ________ this speed, we will finish the task ahead of time.
A.hold up | B.break up |
C.keep up | D.take up |
The boy was very sick, but he managed to ______.
A.pull off | B.pull out | C.pull through | D.pull up |
Many students signed up for the _______ race in the sports meeting to be held next week.
A.800-metre-long | B.800-metres-long |
C.800 metre length | D.800 metres length |
Neither my wife nor I myself______ able to persuade my daughter to change her______.
A.is; thought | B.am; mind | C.are; decision | D.am; brain |
He asked them to come to his office one _____.
A.at a time | B.at all time | C.at times | D.at one time |
Hannah was busy with work then but she still tried her best to some time from her tight schedule to visit her mother.
A.cut out | B.squeeze out | C.leave out | D.dig out |
While shopping, people sometimes can't help ________ into buying something they don't really need.
A.persuade | B.to persuade | C.being persuaded | D.be persuaded |
I can’t go to the New Year’s concert,_____,100 dollars is just too much for me to spend in one evening.
A.in other words. | B.that is. | C.in particular. | D.I mean |
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They served raw vegetables with the hamburgers and boiled the potatoes ________ fried them.
A.other than | B.more than | C.rather than | D.less than |
—Mike, you don't seem to be quite today.
—Well, I hardly slept last night. I was preparing for a report.
A.itself | B.ourselves | C.you | D.yourself |
I think my friend Tony is _______to win the tennis game next Monday.
A.likely | B.possible | C.probable | D.maybe |
This is the first time that we ____________a film in the newly-built cinema together.
A.see | B.had seen | C.saw | D.have seen |
The thieves ran away as soon as the alarm _____.
A.gave off | B.put off | C.showed off | D.went off |
Born into a family with three brothers,David was ________ to value the sense of sharing.
A.brought up | B.turned down |
C.looked after | D.held back |