Our son doesn’t know what to ________ at the university；he can’t make up his mind about his future．

A．take in

B．take up

C．take over

D．take after

Nobody wanted to _________ matters for him though everyone knew that he was blameless．

A．solve

B．clarify

C．handle

D．set about

The traveler _________ us with his stories，most of which happened in the war and were full of great adventures．

A．thrilled

B．influenced

C．challenged

D．encouraged

Mrs．White said that she would treasure the most _________ time she had ever had．

A．positive

B．enjoyable

C．miserable

D．unbelievable

If what you say is not _________ with what you do，it will have a bad effect on your children．

A．controversial

B．consistent

C．confident

D．considerate

Peter _________ under the pressure of his position and was unable to work for a year．

A．settled down

B．broke down

C．passed away

D．broke out

The teacher stressed again that the students should not _________ any important details while retelling the story．

A．bring out

B．let out

C．leave out

D．make out

I’m trying to break the _________ of getting up too late．

A．tradition

B．convenience

C．habit

D．leisure

Mary thought highly of the painting, but to Mr．Smith's ________ eye, the painting was terrible．

A．eager

B．extra

C．exact

D．expert

－Could you please help me with this problem?

－Certainly．First of all, let's ________ the problem and see what went wrong．

A．analyse

B．examine

C．inspect

D．survey