One way to ______ species under threat of extinction is to remove them to zoos and parks and feed them there.
A.reserve | B.prevent | C.preserve | D.reduce |
If you do not know how to ____you at table in a foreign country, you should copy the host.
A.dress | B.tell | C.show | D.behave |
Standing beside the hospital bed, watching my father’s life _______ away, I felt so sad.
A.skate | B.spread | C.slip | D.drag |
As soon as the manager entered his office, he began to ______ the telephone book on his desk.
A.look up | B.look into | C.look upon | D.look through |
He slowed the bleeding by pressure to the wounds until the ambulance arrived.
A.assessing | B.approving | C.applying | D.appointing |
Hundreds of brightly colored balloons were _______ and used as party toys or party decorations on New Year’s Day.
A.come up | B.taken up |
C.built up | D.blown up |
Your daughter would ______ a famous singer---she has a great gift for music.
A.make | B.turn | C.serve | D.shape |
After a day’s hard work, Mary went to the nearby shop to _____ herself to a strawberry ice cream.
A.satisfy | B.treat | C.provide | D.offer |
–Why must you go shopping in such weather?
–My coffee has _____.
A.run out of | B.given out | C.given away | D.used up |
I have created these sentences to give you a chance to the world of English vocabulary and its hidden beauty.
A.select | B.replace | C.explore | D.decorate |
The food tastes _____ and sells _____.
A.well; well | B.good; good | C.good; well | D.well; good |
A wonderful idea ______ me that day when I met with a tough problem.
A.happened to | B.occurred to | C.seemed to | D.compared to |
— What’s up?
— There are so many problems ______.
A.remained to be solved | B.remaining to solve |
C.remained solving | D.remaining to be solved |
She was ________ mayor of the city for what she had done for the public.
A.absorbed | B.appointed | C.appealed | D.applied |