_______our school’s teaching reform, the studying burdens on us students have already______lighter than before.
| A．Owing to; turned on | B．Due to; turned over |
| C．Despite; turned around | D．Thanks to; turned out |
There is ____ as a free dinner in this world, as the saying goes, “No pains, no gains.”
| A．no such a good thing | B．such no good thing |
| C．no such good thing | D．such no a good thing |
They say “____”, but there is every chance that Usian Bolt will strike again later this week, when he will try to break the 200 meters world record he set in Beijing.
| A．A little knowledge is a dangerous thing |
| B．Lightning never strikes twice in the same place |
| C．Where there is a will, there is a way |
| D．Failure is the mother of success |
His heart racing, and tears ____ his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box.
| A．filled | B．filling | C．to fill | D．being filled |
I can spare you only a few minutes. Just tell me ____what happened.
| A．personally | B．spiritually | C．thoroughly | D．briefly |
I realized the purpose of the whole experience: I needed to learn to open my heart and give love without requiring anything _____.
| A．by design | B．for once | C．in return | D．as a consequence |