They have ________ most carefully the time and money needed to complete the project．

picked out

left out

figured out

taken out

If you want, you can ________ BBC English programmes clearly on the radio．

picking up

picks up

pick up

pick

It was a bad year for films, ________ both quantity and quality．

because of

in terms of

instead of

in short of

If you don’t like to swim, you ________ stay at home．

should as well

may as well

can as well

would as well

A man may usually be known by the books he reads ________ by the friends he keeps．

rather than

as well as

in place of

as many as

My interests include football, bowling and surfing the web ________ studying my favorite subjects．

instead of

as well as

less than

rather than

He has devoted his whole life to ________ mankind．

benefiting

benefit

have benefited

be benefited

________ his accent, he is from the south of China．

To judge from

Judging from

Judged by

Judged from

The teacher praised him for his anxiety ________ knowledge．

of

for

in

at

On my way to the bank this afternoon I ________ an old classmate, who was famous ________ a writer．

came out; for

came across; for

came across; as

came to; to