Though he is less than one year old, he is strong enough to walk s____________.

As a result of the snow, he drove just 280 kilometers in 5 hours, so the a____________ speed was 56 kph.

 Prices keep _______and people have to keep a close eye on their wallet.

In order to test how strong the tank was, the experts purposefully let the pressure inside continue to ______until it bursts

As time is so pressing that every minute _______, _______every minute should be made full use of _______ your grades.

A. matters; so that; improving                  B. counts; X; improving 

His wife is very _______ about dress and she is strongly _______ wearing ______ clothes on formal occasions.

     A. special; against; informal                 B. particular; opposed to; casual

I am _______the government as well as to the general public for just treatment ________ peasant-workers, who have made great contribution to the improvement of city life.

A. asking; on behalf of                          B. applying; in the name of

Your essay on the formation of volcanoes and their patterns of occurrences is well written _______ except that the language in some paragraphs has to be _______ a little.

A. on the whole; polished   B. as a whole; modified  

If we consider these _______ separately, each _______ is not so serious but if we consider them ______, the situation becomes serious and desperate.

A. phenomenons; phenomenon; as a whole          B. phenomena; phenomenon; as a whole

C. phenomena; phenomenon; on the whole          D. phenomena; phenomenon; on a whole