Alice was very sorry to hear that her grandmother had _____ two days before.
A.broken off | B.passed off |
C.given away | D.passed away |
The speaker _____ several other subjects in the course of his talk but mostly kept himself to the main topic.
A.held on | B.worked out | C.touched on | D.kept out of |
Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to _____ healthy.
A.preserve | B.stay | C.maintain | D.reserve |
Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to _____ until help came.
A.keep on | B.catch on | C.count on | D.hang on |
Don't _____ the news to the public until we give you the go-ahead (许可,准许).
A.release | B.discard | C.relieve | D.retain |
If you _____ your demand, then maybe you will have more chance of getting what you want.
A.conduct | B.dismiss | C.grant | D.moderate |
The open university was started in order to help those who _____ having a university education when they were young.
A.stopped | B.failed | C.missed | D.ceased |
I remember her face but I cannot _____ where I met her.
A.recall | B.remind | C.remember | D.remark |
The climbers _____ their ambition by reaching the summit of the mountain.
A.obtained | B.sustained | C.maintained | D.realized |
The managing director promised that he would _____ me as soon as he had any further information.
A.communicate | B.notice | C.notify | D.note |
When the big bills for mother's hospital care came, father was glad he had money in the bank to _____.
A.fall short of | B.fall through |
C.fall back on | D.fall in with |
The Prime Minister refused to comment on the rumor that he had planned to _____.
A.discharge | B.dismiss | C.resign | D.resume |
John _____ knowledge of radio just by staying around the radio station.
A.caught on | B.worked up | C.took up | D.picked up |
Paper making began in China and from there it _____ to North Africa and Europe.
A.sprang | B.spilled | C.carried | D.spread |