-----Have you finished your homework yet?
----- Not yet, I _______ to do it just a few minutes ago.
| A．get down | B．set out |
| C．set about | D．set up |
He was _______ by his failure to find the job he had been looking forward to.
| A．cast down | B．kept up |
| C．turned over | D．turned down |
Our school _______ smoking, that is to say, we are not allowed to smoke at school.
| A．allows | B．promises |
| C．objects | D．forbids |
During the 16th Asian Games, many people _______ much experience and knowledge through volunteer work.
| A．undertook | B．accumulated |
| C．abandoned | D．accomplished |
Your article is too long—please cut it down to 1,000 words.
| A．砍倒 | B．裁短 |
| C．减少，缩减 | D．挖出 |
The salesman finds it easy to take in old ladies.
| A．吸收 | B．欺骗 |
| C．领会，理解 | D．收留 |
. Helen has picked up French and can speak fluently after a short stay with her aunt in Paris.
| A．捡起，拾起 | B．开车接某人 |
| C．接收，收听 | D．偶然学会 |
It is true that Zi Bo is a developed city, but many places have lately been _________.
| A．pollute | B．pollution |
| C．polluted | D．position |
If you don’t know the meaning of the word, ________ the dictionary.
| A．look up | B．refer to |
| C．point to | D．look out |
It never ________ to us that Japan beat China in the Thomas Cup badminton Championship in New Delhi(新德里).
| A．sounded | B．happened |
| C．appeared | D．occurred |