He’s unlucky, and he’s always suffering _____ luck one after another.
| A．a sick | B．an ill | C．sick | D．ill |
—________, I can attach no definite meaning to this rather grand sentence.
—Why not turn to your teacher for help?
| A．As hard I might try | B．Try hard as I might |
| C．As hard as I might try | D．Try as hard as I might |
While talking to you, your could-be employer is deciding whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you _____ your abilities must be displayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner.
| A．while | B．when | C．and | D．but |
Last year alone, the temporary unemployment insurance lifted 2.5 million people out of poverty, and ________ the blow for many more.
| A．corrected | B．cushioned |
| C．compensated | D．corresponded |
As long as my drive tester instructed me to pull into the parking lot, I was sure I ______.
| A．passed | B．have passed |
| C．was passed | D．had passed |
I left school in 2007, and since then I _______ in Los Angeles.
| A．lived | B．had lived | C．lives | D．have lived |