Before you make some coffee, you should make sure the coffee pot ____.

A. wiped out         B. is wiped out       C. wiped off          D. is wiped off

_____ the fog, you would find the beautiful tower in the distance easily.

A. Had it not been for                        B. I at were not

C. If it had not been for                   D. Were it not for

We leave it to your judgment ____ you should do it.

A. because             B. that                   C. what                 D. whether

—Car 18 won the race.

    —Yes. But its driver came close to ______.

  A. having been killed     B. have been killed

  C. be killed          D. being killed

—Do you have anything more ___, sir?   —Not at the moment. Have a rest then.

  A. typing   B. to be typed  C. typed   D. to type

. Rain and freezing temperatures ____ to make snow.

  A. combined  B. combine  C. combine with  D. combined with

My father ___ my brother for driving but he wanted to pick ___ the knowledge of the computer during his spare time.

  A. advised; up   B. persuaded; out    C. intended; up  D. managed; out

This dictionary is _____ to my reading, but that one is __________.

  A. great help; helpless    B. a great help; of no use

  C. important; of few importance  D. very helpful; of no any use

. After the war, a new school building was put up __ bad once been a theatre.

  A. in which  B. where   C. where it   D. where there

Standing on the top of the hill, I would not do anything but __ the smog around me.

  A. enjoy   B. enjoying   C. enjoyed  D. to enjoy