257. Today’s homework is to write a composition, its title is: Will we become _____ or master?
| A．slave | B．slaves | C．slavery | D．Slaveries |
. Don't _____ the news to the public until we give you the go-ahead (许可，准许).
| A．release | B．discard | C．relieve | D．retain |
The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more _____.
| A．at length | B．at last | C．at stake | D．at ease |
When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.
| A．average | B．ordinary | C．regular | D．normal |
His landlady gave him a week's _____ to leave the flat.
| A．threat | B．notice | C．advice | D．caution |
Her skirt had been so _____ in packing that she had to iron it before going out.
| A．faded | B．torn | C．dirty | D．crushed |