His business failure left him at the edge of desperation, but, , he managed to go out of the shadow through years of efforts.
| A．time and tide wait for no man | B．don’t count your chickens before they are hatched |
| C．no pains, no gains | D．time heals all wounds |
I didn’t have to work all weekend — I did it by _______.
| A．chance | B．choice |
| C．accident | D．myself |
. Shelly had prepared carefully for her English examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first ________.
| A．intention | B．attempt |
| C．purpose | D．desire |
—Hi, this way, please.
—OK.I sometimes have no sense of ______ when I arrive at the crossroad.
| A．position | B．direction |
| C．situation | D．condition |
. Ten years had passed. I found she had _______.
| A．a few white hairs | B．a little white hair |
| C．some white hair | D．more fifty hair |
The lion is considered the king of the forest as it is a(n) _____ of courage and power.
| A．example | B．sign |
| C．mark | D．symbol |