The rich only _________ themselves in making money and had no eye for the needs and welfare of their workers.
A.occupied | B.concerned | C.enjoyed | D.devoted |
--- Would you like to _____ Professor Smith’s lecture this Sunday?
--- Sorry, I have an important meeting to _______.
A.attend; join | B.join; attend | C.attend; attend | D.join; take part in |
--I have two tickets to the film In 1942 on Saturday evening. Would you like to _____ me?
--I’d like to, but I’m afraid I have no time.
A.invite | B.accompany | C.conduct | D.attend |
Don’t ___a story. What I want to know is the whole truth about this matter.
A.take up | B.give up | C.make up | D.pick up |
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 |
—Do famous athletes and entertainers such high salaries?
—Well, at least I think scientists should be paid more.
A.tolerate | B.consult | C.deserve | D.survive |