People have planted a great many trees in order to ____wind and sand in the desert.
| A．hold down | B．hold up | C．hold back | D．hold out |
E-mail, as well as telephone, ______ an important part in daily communication.
| A．is playing | B．have played | C．are playing | D．played |
It’s high time you had your hair cut; it’s getting _____.
| A．too much long | B．much too long |
| C．long too much | D．too long much |
Only when the war was over ____ to his home town.
| A．did the young soldier return |
| B．the young soldier returned |
| C．returned the young soldier |
| D．the young soldier did return |
It ______ be the postman at the door. It’s only six o’clock.
| A．mustn’t | B．can’t | C．won’t | D．needn’t |
-------He says that my new car is a ____________ of money.
-------Don’t you think those words are just sour grapes?
| A．lack | B．load | C．question | D．waste |