The woman sold the eggs ________ seven dollars and they were sold ________ half price.
A.with, at | B.for, at |
C.at, in | D.by, on |
I’ve kept up a friendship with a girl whom I was at school ________ twenty years ago.
A.till | B.with |
C.about | D.since |
In the experiment we kept a watchful eye ________ the developments and recorded every detail.
A.in | B.at |
C.for | D.on |
I am anxious about what notes he made in the back of his diary ________ things to mend or replace.
A.by | B.in |
C.with | D.of |
Mr Smith sold that magnificent cottage of his on the sea ________ 2,000,000 dollars.
A.at | B.for |
C.to | D.by |
________ the rapid growth of short messages sent by mobile phones, the increasing number of criminal cases appeared through short messages.
A.For | B.By |
C.As | D.With |
—Have you read the book War and Peace ________ Tolstoy?
—No. I’ve never heard of it.
A.for | B.by |
C.with | D.to |
The study you have been making ________ the ancient Chinese characters is an instructive job.
A.to | B.for |
C.of | D.from |
Food prices increased ________ 10% in less than a year.
A.for | B.to |
C.by | D.at |
—I wonder what’s on television this evening. Have you got a newspaper?
—Yes,________ TV programmes are ________ the back page.
A.the; on | B.the; in |
C./ ; in | D./ ; on |
Mr Black was driving fast to take his wife to a nearby hospital because their baby was ________.
A.on its way | B.in the way |
C.by the way | D.out of the way |
—Do you have ________ difficulty working out the problem?
—Yes. It is ________ me.
A.no; easy for | B.some; within |
C.any; within | D.any; beyond |
Britain has recently had a high level of unemployment—but the same is true ________ many other countries.
A.at | B.from |
C.of | D.to |
—I’m going to cut the big tree down? —What ________ ?
A.by | B.to |
C.with | D.at |