These exercises are difficult to me. Help me!
A. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence:
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Because I had 1 few hours to ( ), I decided to catch a couple of movies at a theater near the garage.
A. give B.allow C.spare .take -
Beyond the cars and traffic jams, many said it took a while to get used to so many people in one place , all of whom seemed ( ) they were moving at warp speed.
A.as B.that C.if D.as if -
We attend school to get a degree ( ) we can graduate, get a job, and get on with our lives.
A.like B.as C.but D.so -
several months ago, on atrip to New York, Mr. Brown had difficulty ( ) the company’s mainframe computer using his laptop.
A. to access B.accessing C.access D.be accessed -
Nothing is known for certain, ( ) very much has been speculated, about the origin of language.
A.unless B.in case C.whether D.though -
Most authorities suggest that a good speech ( ) down into three basic parts: an introduction, he body of the speech and the sumation.
A.falls B.extends C.breaks D.changes
- The best speakers are those who make their words sound ( ) even if memorized.
A.introductory B.sporadic C.voluntary D.spontaneous
II.
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Please reply ( ).
A. at the soonest time
B. at your early pleasure
C. at your earliest convenience
D. at your earliest possibility -
Guess who ( ) in town the other day!
A. I ran over
B. I’ve run acrossc
C. I ran across
D. I’ve run to -
Her visits to the family became ( ).
A. few and far between
B. few and long interval
C. fewer and intermittently
D. few and long between -
I’m afraid her work ( ).
A. leaves me me desirous
B. leaves much to be desired
C. has more to desire
D. has to desire more -
I won’t ( ) such a trick again.
A. be caught out by
B. catch up with
C. be captive to
D. be succumbed to
B. Find the mistakes:
Ａ. Walk into any high school classroom in the country today, and
Ｂ. chances are at least one student there is suffering from a debilitating illness called depression.But when parents seek help for their children,
Ｃ. they all too often find themselves frustrated
Ｄ. by a lack of information in how best to treat the psychiatric disorder.
According to the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, one out of every three new
riders enrolling in training school is female.
Ａ. Women have become such a significant buying force that
Ｂ. companies like BMW and Suzuki are designing bikes tailored to women’s physiques.
Ｃ. Women are as passionate as men about the open road, but
Ｄ. perhaps not as likely to get chances. Motorcycle fatalities,
which are on the rise, remain a largely male phenomenon.