The city zoo is building a new section to ________ their larger mammals .

A. house B. store C. shade D. capture

The review committee___ three practicing lawyers and a retired businessman.

A. consists B. comprises

C. is made up D. encloses

Don’t worry: this is nothing that ________ you.

A. matters B. entails C. concerns D. complicates

In the event, we found your advice absolutely ______

A. unworthy B. unvaluable C. invaluable D. impecunious

With her excellent qualifications it’s not surprising that she ______ being treated as an inferior at work.

A. molests B. exasperates C. resents D. embitters

What a coincidence this is! It’s so strange that you ____

same hotel as US.

A. should B. must C. ought to D. can

Experts are ________ into the cause of the e xplosion .

A. seeking B. researching C. inquiring D. investigating

If you wash that pullover in the boiling water, it will________

A. crumple B. shrink C. contract D. dwindle

After she had made several disastrous decisions, people began to ________ her judgement.

A. disbelieve B. suspect C.wonder D. question

All things ________ , she is the best student to represent our school.

A. considered B. involved C. taken D. dealt with

________ , modelling is a ctually hard work.

A. Even it may seem glamorous

B. Yet it may seem glamorous /

C. However glamorous it may seem

D. Glamorous as though it is

The team won the championship four years ______ .

A. running B. passing C. following D. rotating

After so many years, it is great to see him ________ his ambitions.

A. get B. realise C. possess D. deserve

There ________ that he was guilty, yet he was convicted by a jury and sent to prison.

A. were no proofs B. were no evidences.

C. was no proof D. wasn’t any piece of proof

We hadn't _______ there being so much traffic, and we missed the plane.

A. bargained on B. factored on C. counted with D. accounted with

We had arranged to meet at 8 o ’clock but he didn ’t ________ until half an hour later.

A. show off B. stick up C. turn up D. put in

The dentist told me that when the effect of the anaesthetic ________ , I might feel a little pain. But it was more than a little.

A. dropped off B. went out C. wore off D. turned out

Despite all the interruptions, he ________ with his work.

A. stuck at B. held on C. hung out D. pressed on

It’s been more than ten years since we had the living room ______. I'm

fed up looking at it. Let's redecorate it completely,

A. made up B. counted up C. brought off D. done up

I've had this car for 12 years, but now I’m having more and more problems

with it. Clearly it’s ________ .

A. on its hind legs B. got its back up

C. got its heart set D. on its last leg

When the morning came, the scene of where the bomb had fallen was one of

________ devastation.

A. great B. utter C. entire D. extreme

It may be raining, but I 'm ________ enjoying myself.

A. thoroughly B. highly C. extremely D. desperately

The film is ________ based on a true story, but most of it is fiction.

A. loosely B. casually C. faintly D. lightly

Calls from people trying to sell us things we don’t want are a real ________.

A. ache in the neck B. ache in the back

C. pain in the neck D. pain in the back

Sally has an _______ command o f the Chinese language.

A. excellent B. outstanding C. utter D. intensive

There is still a ________ of hope that the rescu ers will find survivors.

A. spray B. ray C. light D. spot

Their predictions were not________ by subsequent events. In fact, the very opposite occurred.

A. carried out B. borne off C. borne out D. carried off

When Rita was promoted to sales manager, she was ______.

A. over the hill B. up in the cloud.

C. over the moon D. in the seventh moon

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Resign if you want to! I assure you, no one will_____ any tears when you go.

A. pour B.shed C. leak D. pour