People have planted a great many trees in order to ____wind and sand in the desert.
| A．hold down | B．hold up | C．hold back | D．hold out |
It was raining heavily. Little Mary felt cold, so she stood ______ to her mother.
| A．close | B．closely | C．closed | D．closing |
― Would you like to come to the dinner party here on Saturday?
― Thank you. I’d love to, ______ I’ll be out of town at the weekend.
| A．because | B．and | C．so | D．but |
All the people ______ at the party were his supporters.
| A．present | B．thankful | C．interested | D．important |
Boris has brains. In fact, I doubt whether anyone in the class has _________ IQ.
| A．a high | B．a higher | C．the higher | D．the highest |
I am surprised that you should have been fooled by such a （an）_______trick.
| A．ordinary | B．easy | C．smart | D．simple |