_____ a diary every day and you’ll improve your writing．
| A．Keeping | B．To keep | C．Keep | D．If you keep |
— What should I pay attention to when I write an application letter?
— Try to be _________. Don’t let out information unnecessary to the company unless it favors your getting the job.
| A．brief | B．actual | C．accurate | D．original |
— What’s made you so upset?
— ____________ three tickets to the pop music concert.
| A．Losing | B．Lost |
| C．Because of losing | D．Since I lost |
___________ to give up drinking, my daddy threw away all his ________ bottles of wine last night.
| A．Determined; remained | B．Determined; remaining |
| C．Determining; remaining | D．Determining; remained |
There seemed no end to their troubles; nowhere _________ upon a path.
| A．they could come | B．could come they |
| C．come they could | D．could they come |
It’s a common _______ that a person will be sentenced to death if he or she commits murder in China.
| A．habit | B．tradition | C．custom | D．practice |