People are encouraged to speak openly, but careless words are ____ to hurt others’ feelings.
| A．possible | B．probable | C．likely | D．sure |
From the _____ expression on her face, we knew that she was very _____ with the result.
| A．exciting; pleasing | B．exciting; pleased |
| C．excited; pleased | D．excited; pleasing |
On hearing the _____ news that they had won the match, they shouted for joy in _____ voices.
| A．exciting, exciting | B．excited, excited | C．excited, exciting | D．exciting, excited |
Much as I have travelled, I have never seen ______ man like him.
| A．the most humorous | B．a most humorous | C．a more humorous | D．a humorous |
We had ____ fun at Mary’s birthday party last Sunday.
| A．a plenty of | B．a great many | C．a large number of | D．a great deal of |
So many thousands of ___________people died.
| A．terrified | B．terrifying | C．to terrify | D．were terrified |
The first African-American president of the United States received a（n） _____ welcome in the African countries, where he was received as a returning son．
| A．romantic | B．bureaucratic | C．enthusiastic | D．optimistic |
The thief hid himself in the corner, ．
| A．was afraid of being caught |
| B．afraid of being caught |
| C．worried about caught |
| D．worrying about caught29． |
The girl looked at me with a ____expression. Maybe the problem was quite ___.
| A．puzzled; puzzling | B．puzzling; puzzled |
| C．puzzled; puzzled | D．puzzling; puzzling |
After the long journey, the three of them went back home, _________
| A．hungry and tiredly | B．hungry and tired |
| C．hungrily and tiredly | D．hungrily and tired |