_____ in a heavy snow, he didn’t get there in time.

A. Catching B. Catch

C. Caught D. To catch

Don’t blame yourself too much. Everyone has his ______ and weaknesses.

A. powers B. strengths

C. forces D. energies

The reason _____ he was late for the meeting was ____ he was held up by traffic jam during rush hours.

A. why; because B. that; that

C. why; that D. that; because

The child ______ in the countryside knows how to _____ animals like dogs, pigs and so on.

A. raised; bring up B. brought up; raise

C. fed; raise D. fed up; bring up

Scientists said that the winter of 2011 was _____ cold, and in fact it was much colder than predicted.

A. frozen B. freezing

C. freezingly D. froze

A local woman didn’t _______ her tears when she saw her store destroyed by the fire.

A. hold out B. hold back

C. hold up D. hold on

The fact that she was foreign made ______ difficult for her to get a job in that country.

A. this B. that C. her D. it

The old building which ______ the 5th century is going to be rebuilt.

A. dating from B. dates from

C. dated from D. dating back to

---If I come back in an hour, do you think the manager will see me?

---I’m very sorry, but he ________ a meeting then.

A.is having B. has had

C. will be having D. will have

The criminals ______ in a hotel the other day were connected with a murder(谋杀).

A. arrested B. to be arrested

C. being arrested D. arresting