Many old houses have been ____to make way for new roads.
A.torn up | B.torn down |
C.torn into | D.torn off |
Why don’t you ______ it to his attention that you are too busy to go on working?
A.pay | B.fix | C.bring | D.draw |
—How did you find the film The Flowers of War?
—It’s very moving. I couldn’t _____ my tears.
A.hold back | B.hold on | C.hold up | D.hold out |
I will not wait for him for a second – he may have something else to do, so he could not _____ here.
A.come up | B. come out | C.turn out | D.turn up |
There have been many excellent questions ______ recently regarding the new building proposal.
A.came up | B.brought up | C.built up | D.blown up |
The Ministry of Education is ______ that primary and middle school students perform one hour of physical exercise a day.
A.advocating | B.inspecting | C.recommending | D.commanding |
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 |