. However hard I tried to explain it to her, she just couldn’t understand. I found her impossible to .
| A．get over | B．get along with | C．get through | D．get to |
----________ was it ________ they discovered the entrance to the underground palace?
----Totally by chance.
| A．How; that | B．What; that | C．What; when | D．Where; that |
The thief tried to break away from the policeman who _________ him but failed.
| A．held | B．had held | C．would hold | D．was holding |
---–Why did you come so late for work?
-----I was ________ for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam.
| A．held up | B．put up | C．taken up | D．given up |
. 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 |
. Mr. Smith used to smoke _________ but he has given it up.
| A．seriously | B．heavily | C．badly | D．hardly |