Off the east, the sky looked pale enough to ____ the storm would be passing quickly.
| A．suggest | B．report | C．prove | D．explain |
In that country, guests usually feel that they are not highly ________ if the invitation to a dinner party is given only three or four days before the party date.
| A．regarded | B．thought |
| C．admired | D．concerned |
Though ________ in a big city Jim always prefers to paint the primitive(原始的)scenes of country life.
| A．raised | B．grown |
| C．cared | D．fed |
I had hoped to get to the meeting, but I found at the last minute that I couldn’t ________ it.
| A．try | B．meet |
| C．get | D．make |
After hospitals buy expensive equipment, they must try to ________ the money they have spent.
| A．recover | B．reduce |
| C．remove | D．receive |
In developing countries people are ________ into overcrowded cities in great numbers to hunt for fortunes.
| A．pouring | B．filling |
| C．hurrying | D．pushing |