While experts ________ delaying the retirement age, some citizens doubt whether they can ________ easily to the new age of workforce.

A. accomplish, adoptB. attain, allocate

C. adore, adaptD. advocate, adjust

Asking them to boycott meetings when others do not agree with their demands is a(n) ________ to a very unhappy life of fighting with other people, ________ them their future happiness.

A. guarantee, having costB. accomplishment, losing

C. invitation, costingD. affection, having lost

________ by adjustments to financial systems and safety nets, some of those reforms fail to ensure that the poor are not harmed.

A. Having not accompanied

B. Not having been accompanied

C. Having not been accompanying

D. Not having accompanied

—In no case ________ you are a senior two student.

—My teacher has told me thousand times. Anything fresh?

A. you should forgetB. forget you

C. should you forgetD. shouldn’t you forget

—What are we visiting next Monday?

—A modern city that has appeared in ________ was a village ten years ago.

A. thatB. whichC. whatD. where

Previously we wish some of the things ________ effortless, but we now find them unattainable.

A. wasB. had beenC. wereD. has been

It’s nearly four years since I worked in that farm. I ________ a band with other fellows.

A. operatedB. had been operating

C. was operatingD. am operating

________ of their bad habits, the boys changed from being dependent on their parents to ________ for others.

A. Having rid; sacrificing

B. To rid; sacrifice

C. Rid; sacrificing

D. Having been rid; sacrifice

The famous writer often says that he ______ so much without the support and encouragement from his wife.

A. shouldn’t achieve B. shouldn’t have achieved

C. couldn’t achieve D. couldn’t have achieved

It was ________ the exam results were given out ________ a large amount of time on computer games.

A. not until; did the boy begin to regret having wasted

B. until; that the boy didn’t begin to regret having wasted

C. not until; that the boy began to regret wasting

D. until; did the boy not begin to regret wasting