The novel is so badly written that I can hardly _____ what the writer is trying to say.
A.find out | B.figure out | C.look through | D.get through |
Although the couple didn’t choose to sleep in the wild instead of in the hotel, it_______ unexpectedly beautiful.
A.turned up | B.turned out | C.turned down | D.turned around |
Doctors are doing research to find out what happens physically when people ______ smoking.
A.quit | B.decline | C.depart | D.reserve |
The boy had to be ___ with such a large family that he grew thinner and thinner.
A.supported | B.fed | C.burdened | D.kept |
Without proper lessons, you could _____ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.
A.give up | B.catch up | C.pick up | D.keep up |
It is wise to have some money __ for old age.
A.put away | B.kept up | C.given away | D.laid up |
No matter how I tried to read it, the sentence didn’t ______to me.
A.understand | B.make out | C.turn out | D.make sense |
—Have you ________ him to give up the job?
—Yes,I have. But he doesn’t listen to me.
A.persuaded | B.suggested | C.agreed | D.advised |
A notice was ________ in order to remind the students of the changed lecture time.
A.sent up | B.given up | C.set up | D.put up |
—When shall we start?
—Let's _____ the time for the trip. What about 8:30? Is that all right?
A.set | B.meet | C.make | D.take |
On leaving CCTV, Li Yong ______ a teaching position at the Communication University of China.
A.took up | B.brought up | C.set up | D.called up |
Everything will ____ soon. Just be optimistic and confident.
A.pick up | B.set up | C.turn up | D.hold up |
The writer was _____ in his writing that he forgot to flick the ashes from his cigar.
A concentrated B devoted C absorbed D fixed
She goes over all her lessons once a week and the job _____ her three hours.
A.spends | B.takes | C.spares | D.lasts |