25. ---- Ricky, why hasn’t Billy been with us these days?
---- Oh, he is _________for next month’s 400m race.
| A．standing out | B．taking up | C．backing out | D．working out |
—Would you mind if I set out earlier tomorrow morning?— Well, I’d rather you _______.
| A．don’t | B．didn’t | C．won’t | D．wouldn’t |
_______ is expected, according to the online survey, that housing prices can’t go up any more.
| A．As | B．Which | C．What | D．It |
The house rent is expensive. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying _______ here.
| A．as three times much | B．as much three times |
| C．much as three times | D．three times as much |
—Whydoyoulooksoworried?
—MyMacBookProbrokedownandmypaper______unfinishedsince.
| A．has beenleft | B．hasleft | C．left | D．hadbeenleft |
Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _____ the shocking ending.
| A．give out | B．give off | C．give up | D．give away |