Success________ hard work while laziness ________ failure, as everyone knows.

   A. results in; results from               B. results from; results in

   C. leads to; lies in                     D. results in; leads to

291. I have no bench to ________, so I have to stand there ___________ TV for a while.

A. sit on… watch        B. sit on …watching   C. sit… watching        D. sit… Watch

271. Wait for me for a few more minutes. I am _____ to a letter from one of my former classmates at college and will finish writing very soon.

A. replying                   B. answering to             C. replying to               D. answering for

251. The weather turned to be very bad. Very soon the wind had ________ the snow into drifts.

 A.collected               B. gathered                 C. piled                      D. Placed

231. In 1919, the May Fourth Movement ________, beginning with a large-scale new cultural movements in China.

A. happened               B. broke out               C. occurred                 D. take place

211. Though three football players of the opposite side        to prevent Robert from kicking the ball, he still ______ to shoot the ball into the goal.

A. tried; managed                           B. managed; tried      

C. tried; tried                                 D. managed; managed

191. The hotel was very different from what the advertisement        us to expect. We found that its conditions were terrible.

A. made                 B. shown                 C. led                    D. Told

171. We'll hold a sports meet in our school if it __________ next weekend.

 A.doesn't rain         B. won't rain               C. rained               D. is going to rain

151. The passenger _____ at his watch and found that it was too late when he arrived the railway station.

A. gazed                       B. stared                       C. glanced                    D. Glared

131. The little boy fastened his eyes on me for a long time and wanted me to give him some help. The underlined part probably means _____.

A. looked                            B. fixed                        C. stared                       D. Glared