After retiring, he was recommended to ____ gardening as a hobby.
A.take up | B.take on | C.take off | D.take away |
A good speaker is supposed to manage to ________ the listeners what he means.
A.make sense to | B.get across to | C.appeal to | D.attach to |
When in trouble, remember to stay calm, and everything will well.
A.turn down | B.turn out | C.turn off | D.turn back |
I wonder how it ____ that Chinese climbers successfully finished the torch relay on the Mount Qomolangma, where the air is so thin.
A.came out | B.came about | C.came over | D.came across |
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 |