More and more young people are fond ______ playing tennis nowadays.

A. on          B. to          C. in           D. of

Do you know what the old man is arguing__________?

A. with them about        B. with them          C. to them about        D. to them

— David has made great progress recently.

—________, and _________.

A. So he has; so you have　　　     B. So he has; so have you

C. So has he; so have you     　    D. So has he; so you have

When Bob woke up he found himself in hospital, but he didn’t know how that ______.

A. came about        B. came out        C. came along       D. came across

_________ the houses were knocked down in the earthquake. 

A. A great many 　                 B. The number of   

C. A great many of                  D. A great deal of

Where was ______ you meet with the famous scientist? 

A. it that           B. it                C. the place            D. there

I couldn’t do my homework with all that noise ______.

A. going on         B. goes on             C. went on          D. to go on

You can hardly imagine the difficulty the woman had ________ her children.

A. brought up         B. to bring up         C. bringing up          D. to have brought up

All possible means ______ been taken to stop the river _______. 

A. have; polluting                  B. has; polluted        

C. has; polluting                   D. have; being polluted

— What’s the matter with Mary ?

— She wasn’t invited to the ball, but she still _______.              

A. hopes so          B. hopes that         C. hopes to            D. hopes it