The reason _______ his going to Britain was ______ he got a new job there.

A. for; because     B. for; that        C. of; because       D. of; that

 He ______ persuade his father to give up smoking but his father didn’t.

A. managed to       B. succeeded in      C. tried to      D. kept in

 --- You should have thanked her before you left.

   --- I meant ______, but when I was leaving, I couldn’t find her anywhere.

  A. to do          B. to          C. doing        D. doing so

I thought her nice and honest ______ I met her.

A. first time      B. for the first time     C. the first time     D. by the first time

She finally got a high mark in writing. Never in all her life ____ so happy!

  A. did she feel     B. she felt     C. she had felt    D. had she felt

 He risked _____ his job to see me off.

A. losing          B. to lose     C. being lost      D. lost

 They stood _____ at each other as if they were enemies.

  A. staring     B. glancing    C. glaring     D. looking

 As is known to us all, failure usually _____ laziness while hard work can ______ success.

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

C. leads to; lie in          D. results from; result in

There ____ quantities of apples in the basket and there was _____ milk in the bottle.

  A. were; a number of   B. was; quantities of   C. was; a good many  D. were; a quantity of

The boss ordered that the work ______ right away.

  A. should finish       B. finished      C. would be finished    D. be finished