35. _______ Saturday, rather than _______ at home, I preferred _______.
| A．It being; stay; to travel | B．Being; to stay; to travel |
| C．Having been; stay; travel | D．It was; to stay; traveling |
While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping _____ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.
| A．occasionally | B．simultaneously | C．eventually | D．directly |
The lawyer was expected to _____ some proposals after reading all those documents.
| A．come up with | B．put up with | C．look up to | D．keep up with |
_____ his knowledge of the mountainous country, John Smith was appointed as our guide.
| A．In spite of | B．On account of | C．Regardless of | D．Instead of |
Political parties often differ in their views on various _____ concerning their own countries.
| A．ways | B．measures | C．issues | D．patterns |
Evidence obtained from observation and experiment is often used to _____ a scientific theory.
| A．confirm | B．confine | C．conform | D．conceive |