. New mineral resources may be discovered during the forthcoming Antarctic _____.
| A．excursion | B．execution | C．extraction | D．expedition |
When I got home, I found the door open, a terrible thought ______ me—had any one broken into the house?
| A．beat | B．knocked | C．struck | D．appeared |
While shopping, people sometimes can’t help _______ into baying something they don’t really need.
| A．to persuade | B．persuading | C．being persuaded | D．be persuaded |
－Did you receive any news during Jamie’s long _________?
－Never.
| A．absence | B．confidena | C．distance | D．renaissance |
Wendy hurried to the airport, only ______ the pop singer had left.
| A．told | B．telling | C．to tell | D．to be told |
Friends and relatives of the young couple have come to congratulate them _______ the arrival of the new baby.
| A．in | B．on | C．of | D．with |