Hearing their grandpa was coming, they began to ________ the work to prepare for a nice dinner.
| A.set off | B.set down | C.set aside | D.set about |
All the buildings look old but the library _________.
| A.need to be repaired | B.needs repairing | C.needs be repaired | D.need repairing |
Nowadays, there seems little room for traditional literature, but skills like writing or critical thinking actually ________ promise for opening doors to good entry-level jobs.
| A.hold | B.reflect | C.set | D.make |
The pavements are designed to provide easy access for the blind to _______conveniently, which is bound to_______ active effects on people’s opinion on the government’s performance.
| A.walk ; produce | B.walking ; producing | C.walk ; producing | D.walking ; produce |
The writer ___ his writing so that he forgot to have his lunch.
| A.absorbed | B.was absorbed into | C.absorbed into | D.was absorbed in |
Electric trains have now _______ steam trains in England.
| A.taken place | B.taken up | C.taken on | D.taken the place of |
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 |
I feel it is your husband who _______ for the spoiled child.
| A.is to blame | B.is going to be blamed | C.is to be blamed | D.should blame |
He made the suggestion that we _____ by train.
| A.went | B.would have gone | C.go | D.had gone |