Do you think this shirt is too tight ____ the shoulders?
A.at | B.on | C.to | D.across |
The manager urged older staff ________early retirement and new staff _______ more time for work.
A.take up; to set aside | B.took up; set aside |
C.would take up; to lay aside | D.must take up; lay aside |
The hotel wasn't particularly good,but I ________ in many worse hotels.
A.was staying | B.stayed |
C.would stay | D.had stayed |
Charlie Chaplin is considered ________ a great contribution to the film industry.
A.to make | B.making | C.to have made | D.having made |
In the reading-room, we found Winifred ____at a desk, with her attention _____on a novel.
A.sitting; fixing | B.seating; fixed |
C.sitting; fixed | D.seated; fixing |
When the news came _______ the war broke out, he decided to serve in the army.
A.since | B.which | C.that | D.because |
I hate ______ when the weather becomes freezing cold because there is no heater inside.
A.this | B.that | C.it | D.so |
The black horse is___________ of the pair.
A.the strongest | B.the stronger | C.the strong | D.quite strong |
________ a vocation, and you’ll forget unhappy things
A.Going on | B.To go on |
C.Go on | D.If you go on |
When we first met Eliza, she had no manners, but said ______ her head, without thinking.
A.no matter what entered | B.anything came into |
C.whatever entered | D.what there was came into |
—You didn’t invite Mary to the ball?
—___ her, too?
A.Must I invite | B.Would I have invited |
C.Must I have invited | D.Should I have invited |
Much labor would have been saved if the electronic computers_____________ before.
A.had invented | B.were invented |
C.should have been invented | D.had been invented |
This old professor insisted that he _____energetic enough and that he _____.
A.be, shouldn’t retire | B.was, not retire |
C.should be, shouldn’t retire | D.was, should retire |
Much time _____ sitting at a desk, office workers are generally troubled by health problems.
A.being spent | B.having spent |
C.spent | D.spending |