The study surveyed 500 families and found that the main ________ problem people suffered was tiredness, followed by loneliness and anxiety.

A. domestic B. public

C. psychological D. biological

The new movie ________to be one of the biggest money-makers of all time.

A. agrees B. promises

C. pretends D. declines

You have to be a fairly good speaker to ______ listeners’ interest for over an hour.

A. hold B. make

C. improve D. receive

After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane ________ her job as a doctor in the countryside.

A. set out B. took over

C. took up D. set up

It is said that the early European playing-cards _________ for entertainment and education.

A. were being designed B. have designed

C. have been designed D. were designed

Tony is ______ the guidebook, looking for information about Japan, where he will travel soon.

A. tracing B. skipping

C. inspecting D. scanning

-- I’m sorry I’m late. I got held up in the traffic on my way here.

-- ________ .

A. Don’t be late next time

B. You should be blamed

C. It doesn’t matter, I’m also late

D. Never mind. Come and sit down

-- Are you going to have a holiday this year?

-- I’d love to. I can’t wait to leave this place ________.

A. off B. out

C. behind D. over

It took a long time for the connection between body temperature and illness ________.

A. to make B. to be made

C. making D. being made

He began to take political science _______ only when he left school.

A. seriously B. strictly

C. carefully D. truly