I'm badly in need ______ your help.

A. of      B. for    C. from    D. at

Every means ______ tried, yet no result ______encouraging up to now.

A. have been ...is  B. has been...has been C. have ...has been  D. has...is

It _____ to the airport.

A. takes forty minute's drive to get B. takes forty-minute drive to get

C. is forty-minutes' drive  D. is a forty-minute drive

The nurse gave ________ the sweets to the children.

A. up    B. off    C. out    D. in

——Who telephoned just now?

——Sorry. I couldn't ______ the voice.

A. recognize  B. realize  C. know   D. understand  

I'm so busy that I can't ______ the time for a holiday at present.

A. spare   B. share       C. spend   D. take

We were told that it was our _______ to read the text together.

A. action   B. turn    C. absence  D. sign

Don't read ______ books ________ you can not understand.

A. same…as  B. the same …like C. such …as  D such… like

He left ______any of his friends _____ him _____.

A. with; seeing; off B. without; seeing; off  C. without; see; /  D. with; see; out

 The book ________ I bought yesterday is very interesting.

A. who             B. which                  C. whom            D. what