Color TV was first shown in 1929. It took more than two decades, ________， until 1951, for
color broadcasts to begin in the USA.
A. though B. therefore C. otherwise D. anyway
The performer was waving his stick in the street, and it __________ missed the child standing nearby.
| A．narrowly |
| B．firmly |
| C．shallowly |
| D．sharply |
- Why was our foreign teacher unhappy yesterday?
-News about the tsunami striking her country __________ an attack of homesickness.
| A．set for |
| B．set out |
| C．set about |
| D．set off |
__________ cattle were dotted around the grass land with a little boy sitting on a rock.
| A．A crowd of |
| B．A bit of |
| C．The number of |
| D．A bunch of |
Some insects __________ the colour of their surroundings to protect themselves.
| A．take in |
| B．take off |
| C．take on |
| D．take out |
__________ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.
| A．Compare |
| B．Comparing |
| C．When compared |
| D．When comparing |