You will soon ________ when you spend several days on the seaside．

A．turn up

B．bring up

C．pick up

D．take up

－ To tell you the truth ,I wouldn’t be happy living in such a small room．

－ ________ do prefer a small room．

A．I agree with you．

B．It’s OK with me．

C．It just depends．

D．I’d rather not．

Nobody believed his reason for being absent from class ________ he had to meet his uncle at the airport．

A．why

B．that

C．where

D．because

We had been trying every possible means ________ a peace treaty ________ failed

A．arranging ,and

B．to arrange ,but

C．to arrange, and

D．arranging ,but

－ Were you busy last weekend ?－ Very．Rather than ________ time playing cards as usual ,I devoted every effort to ________ an advertisement．

A．wasting ,making

B．waste ,make

C．to waste ,make

D．a waste of, making

When first ________ to the market , these products enjoyed success．

A．introducing

B．introduced

C．introduce

D．being introduced

Philip is ________ a good teacher．He is also his students’ good friend

A．no more than

B．not more than

C．no less than

D．more than

Only after ________ set free ________ able to go on with his research work．

A．he was ,was he

B．was he ,was he

C．was he ,he was

D．he was ,he was

It was quite a long time ________ I made it out what had happened

A．after

B．before

C．when

D．since

________ ,the boy really knows a lot．

A．As young as he is

B．A child as he is

C．As child he is

D．Young as he is