After retirement, Mr. Smith ______ painting, which he had always loved but had not had time for.

A. took up         B. got up        C. help up        D. looked up

They ______us by two to one in the game yesterday.

A. beat   B. defeat    C. gained    D. won

I _____the coat in the supermarket for 260yuan.

A. cost       B. paid      C. pent      D. bought

Ling Feng won the first prize in the national English competition and I’m glad that her efforts at last ________.

   A. worked out    B．got back     C．paid off       D．turned out

Residents ________ not to go out alone or to take part in any groups during the period of recent terrorist activities.

A. were always being warned                    B. are always warning

C. always warned                                D. had always been warned

In Britain today women ____ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.

   A. build up B．make up     C．take up       D．send up

The person we talked about ____ our school last week．

  A．visiting   B．will visit    C．visited    D．has visited

--I'm told that John had another car accident this morning.

     --I believe not. He ________so careless.

A. shouldn't have been             B. wouldn't have been

C. couldn't have been              D. mustn't have been

With a lot of difficult problems____________, the manager felt worried all the time.

A. to settle                         B. settling     

C. settled                          D. being settled

--I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been so rude to you.

--You___________ your temper but that's OK.

A. have lost     B. had lost         C. did lose    D. were losing