8. Footsteps 　　　　　　his return.

A. announced　　　 B. declared

C. published 　　　D. pronounced

7. The hot and dry weather 　　　　　three months, all the crops died and people suffered from food shortage the next year.

A. lasted　　　　　 B. lasting

C. continued　　　 D. continuing

6. Deeply 　　　　　in his work, he has little time to care for his family.

A. included　　　　 B. concerned

C. involved　　　　 D. participated

5. The careful editor checked the blueprints for fear that she might

have 　　　　　　　something.

A. viewed　　　　　 B. escaped

C. omitted　 　　　　D. overlooked

4. My wife asked me to 　　　　our children on my way home from work, because the bus was too crowded.

A. pick up　　　　　 B. turn up

C. take up　　　　　 D. bring up

3. Blamed for the 　　　　　　of the school computer network. Alice was in a bad mood.

A. breakthrough　　　 B. breakdown

C. breakout　　　　　 D. breakup

2. 　　　　　the bad weather, we enjoyed our holidays at the seaside very much.

A. Although　　 B. Because

C. Despite　　　 D. However

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. He 　　　　　the idea of designing a machine that could make watches, because he didn’t know how to sell them.

A. sacrificed　 　B. abandoned

C. deserted　　 D. adopted

5. 当他在街上来回走着的时候，他看到两名全副武装的警察卷入了打斗。

4. 大部分的这类孩子注定会失败。