Suddenly, a tall man driving a golden carriage _____ the girl and took her away, _____ into the woods.  

  A. seizing; disappeared                                             B. seized; disappeared

  C. seizing; disappearing                                            D. seized; disappearing

Mr. Reed made up his mind to devote all he had to _____ some schools for poor children.

  A. set                               B. setting up                       C. have set up                    D. having set up

How can you possibly miss the news? It ____ on TV all day long.  

  A. has been                    B. had been                        C. was                                  D. will be

Oh, I’m not feeling well in the stomach. I _____ so much fried chicken just now.  

  A. shouldn’t eat            B. mustn’t have eaten     C. shouldn’t have eaten  D. mustn’t eat

Marie Curie took little notice _____ the honours that were given to her in her later years.  

  A. of                                 B. on                                     C. about                               D. from

One of the consequences of our planet’s being warning up is a(n) _____ in the number of natural disasters.  

  A. result                          B. account                           C. reason                             D. increase

Mr. Brown bought _____ new telephone yesterday so he told me the new by _____ telephone.

  A. a; the                          B. the; /                               C. the; the                           D. a; /

Nowadays people sometimes separate their waste to make it easier for it ______．

       A．reusing           B．reused             C．reuses             D．to be reused

— Lovely weather, isn’t it?

   — Yes, a bit hot, ______ ．

     A．although   B．but    C．though      D．yet

 John's success has nothing to do with good luck. It is years of hard work        has made him what he is today.

A. why                B. when               C. which               D. that