Failure hurts grown-ups and children         , but it can make a positive contribution to your life once you learn to use it.

A．alike          B．likely          C．actively           D．similarly

          knows the fact should report it to the police.

A．No matter who         B．Whoever            C．Someone          D．Anyone

          has already been pointed out, only by correcting mistakes, can you make progress.

A．It          B．As          C．That            D．What

Thousands of employees have been          because of the economic decline in the country.

A．laid out            B．laid off             C．laid aside            D．laid down

—That latest car must have cost you lots of money.

—Oh, no, it         .

A．didn’t                  B．mustn’t                   C．hasn’t                 D．hadn’t

Please join us. We can easily make          for one more at this table.

A．seat           B．place           C．room           D．space

—They are supposed to arrive at six, but there is no sign of them.

—Something unexpected          to them.

A．might happen                                                 B．must have happened

C．would have happened                                    D．could happen

Staying in a four-star hotel for a night costs         renting a house in the suburb for a month.

A．twice as much as                                        B．twice more

C．as much as twice                            D．as much twice as

There was a sudden burst of light          a terrible noise.

A．following             B．to follow          C．followed            D．followed by

—May I have the          of dancing with you ,Madame?

—Yes, of course.

A．joy            B．pleasure             C．right              D．desire