一Ready to give up guessing，Sandy?
一No，no，hold on! I think I______ at the answer now．
| A．arrive | B．am arriving | C．have arrived | D．will arrive |
_____ great efforts, we failed to carry our plans through, which made us very disappointed.
| A．In place of | B．Instead of | C．In case of | D．In spite of |
All the Harry Potter books by Joanne Rowling, a poor single mother ____ in Edinburgh, ______all over the world.
| A．lives; are well sold | B．living; sell well |
| C．lives; sell good | D．living; are well sold |
With these words, he ______a wide-mouth jar from his pocket and set it on the table in front of him.
| A．pulled out | B．checked out | C．stuck out | D．dropped out |
Don't mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _____ the shocking ending.
| A．give out | B．give off | C．give up | D．give away |
Gun control is a subject_______ Americans have argued for a long time.
| A．of which | B．with which | C．about which | D．into which |