The captain told the sailors to  their sprits when they were on the point of giving up.

A. keep up  B. pick up   C. take on   D. go on

It was easier to move about   the fringe of the crowd.

A. at   B. in  C. on   D. to

Haven’t you got   friends in Paris? I feel sure you did mention them once.

A. any   B. no  C. some  D. lots

Is that a book on farming? If so, I want to borrow___.

 A. this      B. one     C. it     D. the one

Pop music is loved by lots of people, but it is not everyone’s     .

A. taste   B. favor   C. sound   D. smell

There are waiting-rooms in the new station,      about 1,000 passengers.

A. seating  B. sat   C. seated   D. sitting

---I beg your pardon!

  ---Oh, you  to me carefully. (just now)

A. didn’t   B. haven’t listened   C. don’t listen  D. weren’t listening

They’ve     us ￡150,000 for the house. Shall we take it.

A. Provided   B. supplied   C. shown   d. offered

---Bob’s   the branches from the tree. Go and   for firewood. Bill!

   ---Do you think I’m really     for his kind of work?

A. cut away; cut it up; cut through  B. cut off; cut it down; cut out

C. cut away; cut it up; cut out    D. cut off; cut it down; cut out

He used to be very shy but he has grown      it now.

A. without    B. over   C. away   D. out of