He passed everything that he owned to his niece ________ revenge．

A．in an act of

B．in action of

C．acting of

D．action of

Your support is vital ________ the success of my plan．

A．in

B．on

C．to

D．about

In Scotland, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, ________ schooling begins at the age of 5 and ends at the age of 16．

A．compelling

B．forced

C．obliged

D．compulsory

We have every reason to believe that our business has shown a(n)________ to improve．

A．direction

B．tendency

C．aspect

D．composition

The hotel was awful．________, our room was far too small, Then we found that the shower didn’t work．

A．To begin with

B．Besides

C．In reality

D．As a whole

We are still dealing with problems ________ errors made in the past．

A．resulted from

B．resulted in

C．resulting from

D．resulting in

All the fans say the Chinese football team will win, but I’m ________ it．

A．sure about

B．confident of

C．skeptical of

D．concerned about

By signing the lease we made a ________ to pay a rent of ＄150 a week．

A．confinement

B．commitment

C．conception

D．commission

I’d like to go to school by bike ________ by bus, because of the traffic jam．

A．more than

B．rather than

C．less than

D．or

On the way to the Summer Palace, we ________ Beijing University．

A．dropped of

B．dropped out of

C．dropped into

D．dropped behind