I _____ to take a holiday this summer, but I had to change my plan .
| A．would hope | B．was hoping | C．had been hoped | D．had hoped |
237. The campus violence in America is a hot potato. The underlined part probably means _____.
| A．a potato freshly cooked | B．a problem difficult to settle |
| C．a fairly easy thing to do | D．a place the students want to go to |
236. Marine was very interested in _____ because her father is a famous _____ figure.
| A．politics; politics | B．politics; political | C．political; politics | D．political; political |
235. The thief was caught by a ______ in plain clothes.
| A．police | B．policeman | C．policemen | D．Policewomen |
234. He seems to have nothing to do. He always keeps his hands in his ______.
| A．bags | B．chest | C．back | D．Pockets |
233. Many westerners have the habit of reading their plates every day. The underlined part probably means _____
| A．looking at their plates | B．examining their plates |
| C．checking their plates | D．praying |