| To keep fit, Professor Li _____ cycling as a regular form of exercise. |
A. took up B. caught on C. carried out D. made up |
| As a result of heavy rain and mud-rock flow, the highway has been closed up until further _____. |
A. enquiry B. direction C. notice D. message |
| 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 |
| — Jimmy never helps his mother with the housework. — It would be _____ to say that he is lazy. |
A. valuable B. accurate C. unfair D. scientific |
| It will take her a long time to _____ the skills she needs to become a famous player. |
A. acquire B. inquire C. require D. request |
| There are several guests sitting in the sofa by the window, but ____ are known to me. |
A. neither B. all C. no one D. none |
| The discovery of new evidence led to _____. |
A. the thief having been caught B. the thief to be caught C. catch the thief D. the thief being caught |
| Was it in the village _____ we used to live in _____ the accident happened? |
A. where, that B. which, that C. that, where D. where, which |
| Over the past decades, sea ice _____ in the Arctic as a result of global warming. |
A. had decreased B. decreased C. has been decreasing D. is decreasing |
| After some time in the dark cave, our eyes slowly _____ the dark. |
A. used to B. adapted to C. accustomed to D. helped to |