In my home breakfast is ______ at 7 o’clock, which has ______ unchanged for 20 years.
| A.ordered; lasted | B.served; remained |
| C.served; appeared | D.ordered; developed |
You cannot predict everything. Often things don’t _____ as you expect .
| A.run out | B.break out | C.work out | D.put out |
One can ______ BBC _____ the air early with his Short-wave radio.
| A.pick up; on | B.pick out; over | C.pick up; through | D.pick up; by |
— How many teachers are party members in your school?
— Party members_________ one fifth of the number of the teachers in our school.
| A.take up | B.set up | C.make up | D.fix up |
— What are you doing outside the class? Didn’t you hear the clock ______?
—Sorry, sir. I ______.
| A.strike; didn’t notice | B.striking; wasn’t noticing |
| C.is striking; didn’t notice | D.struck; wasn’t notice |
Sam ________ some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working on it.
| A.brought up | B.looked up | C.picked up | D.set up |
Tom wants to know if we can ____ John for the night, since he has lost all his money and can go nowhere.
| A.put off | B.put on | C.put up | D.put down |
He is able to ___________ new jokes about the people and things around him.
| A.make out | B.come up with | C.let out | D.shout out |
— What’s up?
— There are so many problems ______.
| A.remained to be solved | B.remaining to solve |
| C.remained solving | D.remaining to be solved |
Read the comics every day and _______ the ones that remind you of your life. Post them on the refrigerator or anywhere else you can see them frequently.
| A.cut out | B.cut up | C.cut down | D.cut in |