In the cross-lake swimming race, a boat will be ____in case of an emergency.
| A．standing by | B．turning on | C．getting on | D．running on |
Please fetch the bunch of purple flowers and put it here, for purple flowers look more beautiful _____ a light yellow wall.
| A．at | B．in | C．under | D．against |
Prime Minister David Cameron said,“…independence will not be a ______separation but a painful divorce". When the outcome is still up in the air, he made an emotional speech to ______Scottish voters to stay together.
| A．trial; call on | B．attempted; call for |
| C．temporary; call at | D．experimental; call off |
--Oh, my God! Daring, what’s wrong with your face?
--Forget it! I am allergic to the cream recommended by my colleague, Ms. Fan, a very well preserved woman.
--Oh, no! I have to say ‘’.
| A．A burden of one’s choice is not felt. |
| B．One man’s meat is another man’s poison. |
| C．Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. |
| D．Don’t cross the bridge till you get to it. |
Not until ________a third time ________that he had given birth to the reading system for the blind called Braille.
| A．Louis Braille tried; he announced |
| B．did Louis Braille try; he announced |
| C．Louis Braille had tried; did he announce |
| D．had Louis Braille tried; had he announced |
________ much media attention is paid to the topic of raising children or caring for elderly parents in their final years, it seems ________ not much is explained on being a parent.
| A．While; that | B．As; like |
| C．Because; that | D．Since; / |