To improve your reading ability, you should ____ half an hour every day for learning new vocabulary.
| A．leave out | B．take up | C．set aside | D．focus on |
To complete the project as planned, the workers were busy working all day, only ______ a short rest once in a while.
| A．to take | B．to have taken | C．having taken | D．taking |
I would rather you ______ my advice. Now you’ve got a bad result. It serves you right.
| A．took | B．would take | C．had taken | D．take |
With the help of the firefighters, the people caught in the fire managed to escape to the safe place, ______.
| A．hungrily and frightened | B．hungry and frightened |
| C．hungrily and frightening | D．hungry and frightening |
---- How long was it ______ you finally reached your goal of becoming a doctor?
---- Five years.
| A．before | B．since | C．when | D．until |
Cold ______ the night air was, he slept soundly because he was so tired after working for a whole day.
| A．although | B．while | C．however | D．as |