I don’t think that your lecture _______ the audience,for they appeared quite puzzled.
| A.got across to | B.got close to |
| C.got away with | D.got along with |
The reason why I was late was that I was ______ by the traffic jam.
| A.made up | B.held up | C.turned up | D.put up |
None of us expected that the chairman ______ at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.
| A.made up | B.held up | C.turned up | D.put up |
For all these years I have been working for others. I am hoping I will ___ my own business some day.
| A.set down | B.set about | C.set out | D.set up |
Thanks to the immediate measures taken by the central government, the economy of China ________ soon after the global financial crisis.
| A.took up | B.rose up | C.picked up | D.put up |
Since the 18th national congress of the Party in 2012, 79 senior officials, including five members of the Party’s central committee who once __________, have been investigated.
| A.got their way | B.got away with |
| C.got away from | D.had power over |
His singing career began to ______ in the late 1990s.
| A.get off | B.take off | C.put off | D.set off |
She ______ her position as principal by giving jobs to her friends, which was severely criticized by fellow teachers.
| A.adored | B.overlooked | C.sought | D.abused |
The famous piano teacher ______ Robby as a student only because he said it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano.
| A.took on | B.took up | C.took in | D.took over |
The young man ______with honesty and won the judges in the interview, as a result, he was admitted to the foreign company.
| A.got away | B.took up |
| C.held on | D.stood out |
As well as teaching soccer's basic skills and rules, the introduced textbooks will ______ team spirit and sense of responsibility.
| A.multiply | B.distinguish |
| C.preserve | D.develop |
The memory of the holiday spent in Europe with her husband will _____ all through her life.
| A.stay | B.live | C.leave | D.impress |
--- Do you often feel anxious and uncomfortable?
--- No, but I __________.
| A.didn’t | B.used to be |
| C.used to | D.wasn’t |
Is this your necklace, Mary? I ______ it when I was cleaning the bathroom this morning.
| A.came across | B.dealt with |
| C.looked after | D.went for |