With the increasing unemployment rate, workers who are 50 to 60 years old are usually the first to be___.
A.laid aside | B.laid up | C.laid out | D.laid off |
He __________ that until he __________ the directions once again.
A.didn't understand ; had read |
B.hadn't understood ; read |
C.understood ;had read |
D.understood ; read |
When they met again in New York, ten years __________.
A.passed |
B.was passing |
C.had passed |
D.has passed |
__________ the time the firemen arrived, the building had been burnt to pieces.
A.At |
B.Till |
C.When |
D.By |
__________ industry develops quickly, more and more rivers are being polluted.
A.When |
B.As |
C.After |
D.With |
Most Chinese musical instruments are quite different __________ western ones __________ shape.
A.with ; from |
B.with ; in |
C.from ; with |
D.from ; in |