The factory had to______ a number of employees because of economic decline in the country.
| A．lay out | B．lay off | C．lay aside | D．lay down |
I lost my way in complete darkness and ,______ matter worse, it began to rain.
| A．making | B．to make | C．made | D．having made |
You can't work out this problem ___in this way.
| A．rather than | B．other than | C．or rather | D．or else |
I had no idea ____ is better, so I took ____ of them.
| A．what;both | B．what;none | C．which;both | D．which;none |
The headmaster hurried to the concert hall only ___ the speaker ____.
| A．to find;gone | B．to find;left | C．finding;left | D．finding;gone |
The thing that_____ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.
| A．matters | B．cares | C．minds | D．considers |