Try to be independent, for your parents can't do ________ for you all your life.

A. something B. nothing

C. everything D. anything

Paper produced every year is ________ the world's production of vehicles.

A. the three times weight of B. heavier three times than

C. as three times heavy as D. three times the weight of

Brian is gifted in writing music；he is very likely to be________Beethoven.

A. a B. an

C. the D. 不填

The producer comes regularly to collect the cameras________to our shop for quality problems.

A. returning B. returned

C. to return D. to be returned

The soldiers were put in prison because they ________ to obey orders.

A. refused B. rejected

C. denied D. objected

The young dancers looked so charming in their beautiful clothes that we took________pictures of them.

A. many of B. the number of

C. large numbers of D. a large amount of

—What happened to you?

—I ________in the street when someone patted me on the shoulder，which frightened me.

A. was walking B. had walked

C. was about to walk D. was on the point of walking

He was robbed last night, but________he didn't have much money on him then.

A. fortunately B. eventually

C. certainly D. surprisingly

These comments are not directly________ to the inquiry about safety standards.

A. controversial B. accessible

C. appropriate D. relevant

My husband and I were on our way home to Adlaide after holidaying in Queensland with our three children. It was late afternoon as we were heading for Narrandera, where we ______ to stay the night.

The car became difficult to control and we ______ we had a flat tyre (轮胎). It was quite ______ by the time we'd ______ all the camping equipment and ______ the tyre. Then, not long after getting back on the road, another tyre ______ . But now we had no ______.There was no traffic on the road and only farms along the way.

Just as we were debating whether to sleep in the car or ______ to the nearest farm for help, car headlights ______ in the distance. My husband walked to the middle of the road to flag it down, ______ the children and I sat in the car with the inside light on so the driver could ______ we were a family and not a threat.

______， it was a lovely couple and their three children who lived on a nearby______ farm. We all piled into their car, and a short drive later we ______ their farm. They suggested we spend the ______ on the floor of their sitting room.

The next morning, after cooking us a great ______， the farmer took my husband into the nearby town to buy new tyres. Our two ______ got on so well that they ______ us to stay on for another day to learn about the workings of the farm and watch their daughter ______ ride one of the huge pigs.

We finally continued home to South Australia, very ______ for the kindness this family had shown us.

1.A. planned B. refused C. managed D. hesitated

2.A. promised B. admitted C. remembered D. realized

3.A. cold B. hot C. dark D. light

4.A. loaded B. removed C. bought D. destroyed

5.A. changed B. afforded C. improved D. exchanged

6.A. blew B. came C. stayed D. started

7.A. money B. time C. spare D. share

8.A. escape B. return C. drive D. walk

9.A. helped B. remained C. appeared D. waited

10.A. since B. though C. while D. unless

11.A. hear B. see C. smell D. prove

12.A. Luckily B. Unfortunately C. Strangely D. Naturally

13.A. chicken B. duck C. pig D. cow

14.A. got away from B. arrived at C. lived up to D. looked for

15.A. day B. holiday C. night D. weekend

16.A. supper B. lunch C. dinner D. breakfast

17.A. children B. families C. friends D. strangers

18.A. invited B. ordered C. required D. allowed

19.A. uselessly B. endlessly C. fearlessly D. carelessly

20.A. eager B. ready C. sorry D. grateful