Tom tried to make his parents _____ by making faces.
A. pleased B. pleasing C. please D. to please
Though it was noisy here, he _______ reading.
A. got on B. carried out
C. went on with D. carried on
She didn’t recognize the man who hit her because she could only ______a dark shape moving towards her.
A. make out B. turn out C. set out D. bring out
If our parents do everything for us children, we won’t learn to depend on ______.( )
A. themselves B. them C. us D. ourselves
We must ________ the meat before making dumplings.
A.cut down B.cut up C.cut in D.cut off
They started moving round me, singing ______ the music from the piano.
A. for B. to C. in D. after
It took us quite a long time to get there, It was______ journey.
A. three-hour B. a three hour C. a three-hour D. three hours
I'm afraid this painting is not by Picasso. It's only a copy and so it's _____.
A.priceless B.invaluable C.unworthy D. worthless
The officers narrowly escaped ___________in the hot battle. A. have killed B. to kill C. to be killed D. being killed
Unwilling to give up slavery, the South _______ from the Union and set up a state of their own, resulting in the American Civil War.
A. broke away B. ran away C. escaped away D. cut away