In a typhoon, winds _____ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.
#84260
A
assume
B
accomplish
C
attain
D
assemble
It was a long time before the cut on my hand _____ completely.
#84261
A
healed
B
cured
C
improved
D
recovered
Voices were _____ as the argument between the two motorists became more bad-tempered.
#84263
A
spoken
B
raised
C
developed
D
increased
A university is an educational institution which _____ degrees and carries out research.
#84264
A
rewards
B
awards
C
grants
D
presents
Motorists _____ of speeding may be banned from driving for a year.
#84265
A
convicted
B
arrested
C
charged
D
judged
Mr. Smith gradually _____ a knowledge of the subject.
#84266
A
attained
B
achieved
C
required
D
acquired
Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always _____ her place.
#84272
A
loosing
B
missing
C
losing
D
looking for
_______empty wine bottles stood on the back porch.
#84274
A
A kind of
B
A type of
C
A collection of
D
The number of
---- Sorry, I have to ______ now. It’s time for class.---- OK, I’ll call back later.
#84276
A
hang up
B
break up
C
give up
D
hold up
Mr.Smith was_________ to be a doctor but he became a teacher when he grew up.
#84278
A
demanded
B
supposed
C
suggested
D
agreed\
The computer system____suddently while he was searching for information on the Internet.
#84280
A
broke down
B
broke out
C
broke up
D
broke in
Radium salts, which have been found to _____ in bones, give rise to cancers of the bone.
#84281
A
pile up
B
build up
C
keep up
D
pull up
Though he did not say so directly, the inspector _____ the man was guilty.
#84283
A
declared
B
implied
C
disclosed
D
said
Julie is one of those women who always _____ the latest fashions.
#84285
A
put up with
B
come up with
C
get on with
D
keep up with
The problem had become _____ in his mind, and he could not decide what to do about it.
#84286
A
simplified
B
exaggerated
C
matured
D
isolated
Busy and successful as he was, the novelist was willing to _____ any promising young man and give him all the help he could.
#84289
A
take up
B
pick up
C
make up
D
look up
As soon as Charles had _____ a little from his surprise, his one thought was to get away.
#84291
A
returned
B
absorbed
C
dissolved
D
recovered