_______________, the players began the game.

A. Having take our seats    B. Taking our seats

C. Being taken the seats    D. After we had taken our seats

Don’t you know that Australia was, as a matter of fact, _________ used to be a nation of prisoners!

A. where    B. what      C. which         D. that

He came to my class every week, but his attitude ________ he was not really interested in the subject.

A. expressed     B. described        C. explained    D. suggested

_________ its positive or negative effect, change can be stressful.

A. Apart from    B. except for       C. In spite of    D. Regardless of

--My daughter nearly set the kitchen on fire when cooking some dishes.

--You can’t stress _______ the importance of using the fire.

A. too much        B. more than   C. very well              D. other than

All her time __________experiments, she has no time for films.

A. devoted to do            B. is devoted to doing

C. devoted to doing      D. is devoted to do

I agree to his suggestion __________ condition that he drops all charges.

A. by            B. in           C. on      D. to

The new movie __________ to be one of the biggest money-makers of all time.

A. promises       B. agrees            C. pretends     D. declines

My father warned me _______ going to the West Coast because it was crowded with tourists.

A. on         B. for           C. of         D. against

After studying in a medical college for five years, John _______ her job as a doctor in the countryside.

A. set out  B. took up   C. set up           D. set off