The number of students in our school _________ by 5 % every year.
#100840
A
rise
B
rises
C
raises
D
raise
All around them was only the white snow and the night; they were ____________ from the rest of the world and were conscious only of each other.
#100841
A
cut out
B
cut down
C
cut off
D
cut in
The Chinese government has made great efforts to ______ the gap between the rich and the poor, but has not achieved obvious results.
#100842
A
abolish
B
conduct
C
drag
D
narrow
The old man asked the children to _____ to each other near the campfire so that he could start telling his story at once.
#100843
A
take up
B
stay up
C
close up
D
turn up
Great efforts to increase agricultural production must be made if food shortage _____ avoided.
#100844
A
is to be
B
can be
C
has been
D
will be
-----Did you have a hard time traveling back home?-----Yes, it ______ for four days when I arrived in Guiyang and all the roads______ covered with ice.
#100845
A
snowed, were
B
was snowing, had been
C
had been snowing, had been
D
had snowed, were
-----You shouldn’t have gone there alone last night .-----But I ______. Philip went there together with me .
#100846
A
didn’t
B
hadn’t
C
wouldn’t
D
wasn’t
-- Why do you look so worried ?-- My MacBook Pro broke down and my paper _____ unfinished ever since.
#100847
A
left
B
was left
C
has been left
D
has left
The recent stories in this magazine, _____ one of yours, have been ____ in the list of the best ones.
#100848
A
include; include
B
including; including
C
including; included
D
included; included
By the time I got to the office, the meeting ______.
#100849
A
had begun
B
began
C
was beginning
D
would begin
Since then the number of people taking driving lessons______20%.
#100850
A
has increased to
B
increases by
C
has increased by
D
have increased
-----Are you still very busy?-----Yes, I ______ the report for the manager and it won’t take long.
#100851
A
have just finished
B
am just finishing
C
had just finished
D
am just going to finish
-----Where is your new home now?-----In the new developed zone. But I ______ downtown for five years.
#100852
A
have lived
B
had lived
C
lived
D
was living
Everybody in our hometown, men and women, young and old, ____sports and games.
#100853
A
enjoy
B
enjoys
C
is enjoyed
D
are enjoyed
--- When shall we restart our business?--- Not until we _____ our plan.
#100854
A
will finish
B
are finishing
C
are to finish
D
have finished
Don’t ______ life’s small joys while searching for the big ones.
#100855
A
contradict
B
overlook
C
obtain
D
confirm
--- What is your strongest memory of the bombing attack?--- If I ______ rightly, we were about to approach the finish line when a big bang struck my ears.
#100856
A
will remember
B
had remembered
C
remember
D
remembered
Joy _______ as a language teacher in China for two years before she went back to London.
#100858
A
had worked
B
was working
C
worked
D
has worked