In order to achieve and guarantee basic human rights，equality of opportunity is ________．

A．favorable

B．precious

C．essential

D．worthwhile

Mrs．Brown is so ________ about her housework that few servants want to work for her．

A．particular

B．neat

C．skillful

D．special

－How could you ________ your friend so easily?

－She is the kind of person who ________ in a crowd．

A．pick out；stands out

B．make out；stands for

C．take out；stands by

D．bring out；stands aside

It's extremely dangerous for the drivers to ________ speed as the traffic lights are changing．

A．pull up

B．put up

C．rise up

D．pick up

Now that she has apologized for her rude behavior，I am ________．

A．content

B．bored

C．astonished

D．fortunate

Mom，I'm afraid it's going to rain．The clouds in the sky are ________．

A．building up

B．breaking up

C．staying up

D．getting up

She ________ Japanese when she was in Japan．Now she can speak it freely．

A．picked out

B．made out

C．made up

D．picked up

He was in hospital for six months．He felt as if he was ________ from the outside world．

A．cut out

B．cut off

C．cut up

D．cut through

Do please remember to tell me when any difficulty ________．

A．comes

B．arises

C．rises

D．happens

China's first Mars probe，Yinghuo－1，is expected to be launched in the second half of this year and it will be the first time that China will ________ another planet．

A．explore

B．research

C．discover

D．invent